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Species Borrelia maritima

Name: Borrelia maritima Margos et al. 2020

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri’ti.ma. L. fem. adj. maritima, maritime, because the type strain was isolated from a tick collected in a maritime-influenced climatic zone of California

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bor-RE-li-a ma-RI-ti-ma, feminine

Type strain: ATCC TSD-160; CA690; DSM 107169

16S rRNA gene: MN095518 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Margos G, Fedorova N, Becker NS, Kleinjan JE, Marosevic D, Krebs S, Hui L, Fingerle V, Lane RS. Borrelia maritima sp. nov., a novel species of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex, occupying a basal position to North American species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:849-856. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2967-2971.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

  • Notes:
    • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Borrelia burgdorferi Johnson et al. 1984. Publication: Johnson RC, Schmid GP, Hyde FW, Steigerwalt AG, Brenner DJ. Borrelia burgdorferi sp. nov.: etiologic agent of Lyme disease. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:496-497. 🇺🇸
    • 🫡 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 genus. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Borrelia burgdorferi Johnson et al. 1984. Publication: Johnson RC, Schmid GP, Hyde FW, Steigerwalt AG, Brenner DJ. Borrelia burgdorferi sp. nov.: etiologic agent of Lyme disease. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:496-497. 🇺🇸

Parent taxon: Borrelia Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Margos G, Fedorova N, Becker NS, Kleinjan JE, Marosevic D, Krebs S, Hui L, Fingerle V, Lane RS. Borrelia maritima sp. nov., a novel species of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex, occupying a basal position to North American species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:849-856. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 5764