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Species "Candidatus Borrelia mvumii"
Name: "Candidatus Borrelia mvumii" Mitani et al. 2004
Etymology: mvu’mi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. mvumii, referring to Mvumi
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … MWU-mi-i, feminine
Nomenclatural type: no type strain designated
Effective publication:
Mitani H, Talbert A, Fukunaga M. New World relapsing fever Borrelia found in Ornithodoros porcinus ticks in central Tanzania. Microbiol Immunol 2004; 48:501-505. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP
Pro-correct name: "Candidatus Borrelia mvumii" Cutler et al. 2017
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Candidatus Borrelia mvumii" Cutler et al. 2017 homotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- ❗ "Candidatus Borrelia mvumii" is the pro-correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published and legitimate or pro-validly published and pro-legitimate and not rejected and has priority or pro-priority) within a separate genus Borrelia.
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🧍 See also Cutler et al. (2017).
Publication:
Cutler SJ, Ruzic-Sabljic E, Potkonjak A. Emerging borreliae - Expanding beyond Lyme borreliosis. Mol Cell Probes 2017; 31:22-27. 🇬🇧
Parent taxon: Borrelia Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Mitani H, Talbert A, Fukunaga M. New World relapsing fever Borrelia found in Ornithodoros porcinus ticks in central Tanzania. Microbiol Immunol 2004; 48:501-505. 🇯🇵
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Record number: 43089
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