Name: Borrelia garinii subsp. bavariensis (Margos et al. 2013) Hördt et al. 2020

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Borrelia bavariensis Margos et al. 2013

Etymology: ba.va.ri.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. bavariensis, of or belonging to Bavaria, from where the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-2496; BAA-2496; DSM 23469; PBi

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X85199 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 194. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4043-4049.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Borrelia bavariensis Margos et al. 2013

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Borrelia bavariensis Margos et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Borreliella bavariensis (Margos et al. 2013) Adeolu and Gupta 2015	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • ❗ Borrelia garinii subsp. bavariensis is the correct name instead if this subspecies is regarded as a separate subspecies (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another subspecies whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate species Borrelia garinii within a separate genus Borrelia.
  • 😷 The taxon name shown here has no risk group assigned, but is the homotypic synonym of Borrelia bavariensis Margos et al. 2013, which has a risk group (Germany) above 1. This may require that the name shown here is not treated as the correct name for practical purposes.
  • 😷 The taxon name shown here has no risk group assigned, but is the homotypic synonym of Borreliella bavariensis (Margos et al. 2013) Adeolu and Gupta 2015, which has a risk group (Germany) above 1. This may require that the name shown here is not treated as the correct name for practical purposes.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Borrelia garinii Baranton et al. 1992

Assigned by: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

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Record number: 11156