Borrelia sinica explained

Borrelia sinica is a spirochete bacterium.^[1] Its cells contain only four periplasmic flagella inserted at each end of the spirochaetes, differing from other Borrelia species. It is associated with Lyme disease.^[2] CMN3^T is the type strain of this species.

Further reading

Rudenko. Nataliia. Golovchenko. Maryna. Oliver. James H. Jr.. Grubhoffer. Libor. Updates on Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex with respect to public health. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases. September 2011. 2. 3. 123–28. 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2011.04.002. 21890064. 3167092.

External links

• NCBI Taxonomy Browser - Borrelia
  • LPSN

Notes and References

1. Masuzawa. T.. Takada. N.. Kudeken. M.. Fukui. T.. Yano. Y.. Ishiguro. F.. Kawamura. Y.. Imai. Y.. Ezaki. T.. Borrelia sinica sp. nov., a Lyme disease-related Borrelia species isolated in China. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 51. 5. 2001. 1817–1824. 1466-5026. 10.1099/00207713-51-5-1817. 11594614. free.
2. Stanek G, Reiter M. The expanding Lyme Borrelia complex--clinical significance of genomic species? . Clin Microbiol Infect . 2011 . 17 . 4 . 487–93 . 21414082 . 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03492.x . free .