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Species "Borrelia puertoricensis"

Name: "Borrelia puertoricensis" Bermudez et al. 2021

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. puertoricensis, named after the host

Gender: feminine

Nomenclatural type: SUM

16S rRNA gene: MT790749 Analysetree FASTA download

Original publication: Bermudez SE, Armstrong BA, Dominguez L, Krishnavajhala A, Kneubehl AR, Gunter SM, Replogle A, Petersen JM, Lopez JE. Isolation and genetic characterization of a relapsing fever spirochete isolated from Ornithodoros puertoricensis collected in central Panama. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2021; 15:e0009642. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

  • Notes:
    • 🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).

Parent taxon: Borrelia Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Bermudez SE, Armstrong BA, Dominguez L, Krishnavajhala A, Kneubehl AR, Gunter SM, Replogle A, Petersen JM, Lopez JE. Isolation and genetic characterization of a relapsing fever spirochete isolated from Ornithodoros puertoricensis collected in central Panama. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2021; 15:e0009642. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 12846