Species ***Borrelia* *japonica***

Classification:

Bacteria Pseudomonadati Spirochaetota Spirochaetia Spirochaetales Borreliaceae Borrelia Borrelia japonica

Name: Borrelia japonica Kawabata et al. 1994

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ja.po’ni.ca. N.L. fem. adj. japonica, pertaining to Japan

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bor-RE-li-a ja-PO-ni-ka, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 51557; HO14; JCM 8951

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: L40597 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kawabata H, Masuzawa T, Yanagihara Y. Genomic analysis of Borrelia japonica sp. nov. isolated from Ixodes ovatus in Japan. Microbiol Immunol 1993; 37:843-848.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 50. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:595.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Borreliella japonica (Kawabata et al. 1994) Adeolu and Gupta 2015	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+, Z". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 27 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
- 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪
- 🧍 Borrelia japonica Kawabata et al. 1994 was previously known as Borrelia genomic group F63B. Publication: Swellengrebel NH. Sur la cytologie comparée des spirochètes et des spirilles. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1907; 21:562-586.

Parent taxon: Borrelia Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kawabata H, Masuzawa T, Yanagihara Y. Genomic analysis of Borrelia japonica sp. nov. isolated from Ixodes ovatus in Japan. Microbiol Immunol 1993; 37:843-848.

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