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Name: "Candidatus Borrelia tachyglossi" Loh et al. 2017
Etymology: ta.chy.glos’si. N.L. gen. masc. n. tachyglossi, of Tachyglossus aculeatus, the monotreme host of the ticks in which the bacterium was first identified
Nomenclatural type: parasite of Bothriocroton concolor
Original publication:
Loh SM, Gillett A, Ryan U, Irwin P, Oskam C. Molecular characterization of 'Candidatus Borrelia tachyglossi' (family Spirochaetaceae) in echidna ticks, Bothriocroton concolor. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1075-1080.
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
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
Parent taxon: Borrelia Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Loh SM, Gillett A, Ryan U, Irwin P, Oskam C. Molecular characterization of 'Candidatus Borrelia tachyglossi' (family Spirochaetaceae) in echidna ticks, Bothriocroton concolor. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1075-1080.
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Record number: 800195