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Species Borrelia sinica
Name: Borrelia sinica Masuzawa et al. 2001
Etymology: si’ni.ca. N.L. fem. adj. sinica, of China, the country from which the organisms were isolated
Type strain: CMN3; DSM 23262; JCM 10505
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB022101
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Masuzawa T, Takada N, Kudeken M, Fukui T, Yano Y, Ishiguro F, Kawamura Y, Imai Y, Ezaki T. Borrelia sinica sp. nov., a lyme disease-related Borrelia species isolated in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1817-1824. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1947-1948.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Borreliella sinica (Masuzawa et al. 2001) Adeolu and Gupta 2015 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "t+". — 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 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
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🧍 At the time of publication, the type strain was not deposited in two publicly accessible service collections in different countries, and Borrelia sinica Masuzawa et al. 2001 was not validly published [Rules 27(3) and 30]. However, according to the Judicial Opinion 81, Borrelia sinica Masuzawa et al. 2001 is now considered to be validly published, since deposit in a second culture collection in a different country has been documented.
Publication:
Judicial Commission. Judicial Opinion No. 81. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1755-1763.
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🧍 The specific epithet is a Medieval Latin adjective (sinicus-a -um, of China), not a Latin adjective as cited in the paper by Masuzawa et al. 2001.
Publication:
Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Status of strains that contravene Rules 27(3) and 30 of the Bacteriological Code. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:293-301.
Parent taxon: Borrelia Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Masuzawa T, Takada N, Kudeken M, Fukui T, Yano Y, Ishiguro F, Kawamura Y, Imai Y, Ezaki T. Borrelia sinica sp. nov., a lyme disease-related Borrelia species isolated in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1817-1824.
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Record number: 783536
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