Borrelia tanukii

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

Borrelia tanukii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Spirochaetes
Class:
Spirochaetes
Order:
Spirochaetales
Family:
Spirochaetaceae
Genus:
Borrelia
Species:
B. tanukii
Binomial name
Borrelia tanukii
Fukunaga et al., 1996

References
  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.

Further reading
  • Masuzawa T, Komikado T, Kaneda K, Fukui T, Sawaki K, Yanagihara Y (August 1997). "Homogeneity of Borrelia japonica and heterogeneity of Borrelia afzelii and 'Borrelia tanukii' isolated in Japan, determined from ospC gene sequences". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 153 (2): 287–93. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1997.tb12587.x. PMID 9271854.
  • Hiraoka H, Shimada Y, Sakata Y, et al. (March 2007). "Detection of Borrelia garinii, Borrelia tanukii and Borrelia sp. closely related to Borrelia valaisiana in Ixodes ticks removed from dogs and cats in Japan". Veterinary Parasitology. 144 (1–2): 188–92. doi:10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.05.073. PMID 17049744.


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