Name DOI
10.1601/nm.7818
Name
 Johnson et al. 1984 emend. Hördt et al. 2020
Name Status
Validly Published
Current Authority
Johnson et al. 1984 emend. Hördt et al. 2020
Preferred Name
Taxonomic Rank
species
Nomenclatural Type
(designated strain)
Refer to the type exemplar.
Taxonomy
Type Strain
representative organism
T (= =)
Proper Form
Borrelia burgdorferi Johnson et al. 1984 emend. Hördt et al. 2020
Nomenclatural History
The species Borrelia burgdorferi was originally described and validly published by Johnson et al. 1984. Hördt et al. published an emended description of this species in 2020. In 2014, Adeolu and Gupta established as the basonym of (Johnson et al. 1984) Adeolu and Gupta 2015 .
Citation
When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.
Name Abstract for Borrelia burgdorferi Johnson et al. 1984 emend. Hördt et al. 2020.. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.7818.
Source File
This information was last reviewed on March 25, 2020.

References

  1. Johnson RC, Schmid GP, Hyde FW, Steigerwalt AG, Brenner DJ. Borrelia burgdorferi sp. nov.: Etiologic agent of lyme disease. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:496-497. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-34-4-496.
  2. Adeolu M, Gupta RS. A phylogenomic and molecular marker based proposal for the division of the genus Borrelia into two genera: the emended genus Borrelia containing only the members of the relapsing fever Borrelia, and the genus Borreliella gen. nov. containing the members of the Lyme disease Borrelia (Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex). Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:1049-1072. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-014-0164-x [PubMed].
  3. Hördt A, García-López M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Weinhold L-M, Gronow S, Kyrpides N, Woyke T, Schleuning M, Göker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front. Microbio. 2020; 11:468. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00468 [PubMed].