Species ***Borrelia* *latyschewii***

Name: Borrelia latyschewii (Sofiev 1941) Davis 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Spirochaeta latyschewi" Sofiev 1941

Etymology: la.ty.schew’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. latyschewii, of Latyschew, named after Latyschew (Latyshev)

Gender: feminine

Type strain: no culture available

Effective publication: Davis GE. The spirochetes. Annu Rev Microbiol 1948; 2:305-334.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Spirochaeta latyschewi" Sofiev 1941	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Notes:
- According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
- According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "un-sequenced orphan species where descriptions, illustrations or dead preserved material serve as the type.". Publication: Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73.
- The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Z".

Parent taxon: Borrelia Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Davis GE. The spirochetes. Annu Rev Microbiol 1948; 2:305-334.

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Species Borrelia latyschewii