Common Names
Common Names in English:
Lyme Disease, Lyme Disease Spirochete
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Bacteria
(
)
- Phylum:
Spirochaetes
()
- Class:
Spirochaetes
()
- Order:
Spirochaetales
()
- Family:
Curculionoidea
()
- Genus:
Borrelia
()
- (Lebert, 1874) Bergey et al., 1925
- Specific descriptor:
burgdorferi
- Johnson et al. 1984
- Scientific name: - Borrelia burgdorferi Johnson et al. 1984
- Specific descriptor:
burgdorferi
- Johnson et al. 1984
- Genus:
Borrelia
(
- Family:
Curculionoidea
(
- Order:
Spirochaetales
(
- Class:
Spirochaetes
(
- Phylum:
Spirochaetes
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Garrity G.M., Nov-2006
Similar Species
Members of the genus Borrelia
There are approximately 37 species in this genus:
B. afzelii · B. anserina · B. baltazardi · B. baltazardii · B. bissettii · B. brasiliensis · B. burgdorferi (Lyme Disease) · B. caucasica · B. coriaceae · B. crocidurae · B. dugesii · B. duttoni · B. duttonii · B. garinii · B. graingeri · B. harveyi · B. hermsii · B. hispanica · B. japonica · B. latyschewii · B. lusitaniae · B. mazzottii · B. miyamotoi · B. neotropicalis · B. parkeri · B. persica · B. recurrentis · B. sinica · B. spielmanii · B. tanukii · B. theileri · B. tillae · B. turcica · B. turdi · B. turicatae · B. valaisiana · B. venezuelensis
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Notes
Contributors
- BIOS
- Bacteriology Insight Orienting System 2006.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 06, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 06, 2007:
- Avian Knowledge Network, Hawk Migration Association of North America - HawkCount
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection
- Museum of Southwestern Biology, Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, Museum of Southwestern Biology, Division of Amphibians and Reptiles database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2554496
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: BIO-nm.7818
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 11843
