Name: Borrelia turcica Güner et al. 2004
Etymology: tur.ci’ca. N.L. fem. adj. turcica, referring to Turkey, the country in which the species was isolated
Type strain: DSM 16138; IST7; JCM 11958
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16S rRNA gene: AB473539 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Guner ES, Watanabe M, Hashimoto N, Kadosaka T, Kawamura Y, Ezaki T, Kawabata H, Imai Y, Kaneda K, Masuzawa T. Borrelia turcica sp. nov., isolated from the hard tick Hyalomma aegyptium in Turkey. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1649-1652.
IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:3-5.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Borrelia Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Guner ES, Watanabe M, Hashimoto N, Kadosaka T, Kawamura Y, Ezaki T, Kawabata H, Imai Y, Kaneda K, Masuzawa T. Borrelia turcica sp. nov., isolated from the hard tick Hyalomma aegyptium in Turkey. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1649-1652.
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Record number: 774118