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Borrelia tanukii

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Borrelia tanukii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Spirochaetota
Class: Spirochaetia
Order: Spirochaetales
Family: Borreliaceae
Genus: Borrelia
Species:
B. tanukii
Binomial name
Borrelia tanukii
Fukunaga et al., 1996

Borrelia tanukii is a spirochete bacterium first isolated from specimens of Ixodes tanuki, hence its name.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Fukunaga M, Hamase A, Okada K, Nakao M (1996). "Borrelia tanukii sp. nov. and Borrelia turdae sp. nov. found from ixodid ticks in Japan: rapid species identification by 16S rRNA gene-targeted PCR analysis". Microbiology and Immunology. 40 (11): 877–81. doi:10.1111/j.1348-0421.1996.tb01154.x. PMID 8985944. S2CID 34606255.

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