Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.7818

Name

Borrelia burgdorferi Johnson et al. 1984 emend. Hördt et al. 2020

Taxonomic Rank

species

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
genus	Borrelia Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Margos et al. 2018

Type Strain

representative organism

B31^T (=DSM 4680 =ATCC 35210)

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this species within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Spirochaetota corrig. Garrity and Holt 2021
class Spirochaetia (Cavalier-Smith 2002) Paster 2020
order Spirochaetales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hördt et al. 2020
family Borreliaceae Gupta et al. 2014
genus Borrelia Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Margos et al. 2018
species Borrelia burgdorferi Johnson et al. 1984 emend. Hördt et al. 2020

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Non-Type Exemplars

Digital Object Identifier	Strain Equivalence
10.1601/ex.15338	297
10.1601/ex.15341	80a
10.1601/ex.15345
10.1601/ex.15346	JD1
10.1601/ex.15347	N40
10.1601/ex.15349	ZS7
10.1601/ex.18969	CA8

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the species Borrelia burgdorferi Johnson et al. 1984 emend. Hördt et al. 2020. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.7818.

Source File

10.1601/tx.7818.xml


This information was last reviewed on March 25, 2020.

References

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.