Borrelia texasensis

Borrelia texasensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Spirochaetes
Order:	Spirochaetales
Family:	Spirochaetaceae
Genus:	Borrelia
Species:	B. texasensis
Binomial name
	Borrelia texasensis; Lin et al. 2005
Synonyms
	Borreliella texasensis

Candidatus Borrelia texasensis is a proposed new strain of the spirochaete Borrelia. C. B. texasensis was "isolated in March 1998 from an adult male Dermacentor variabilis tick feeding on a coyote from Webb County, Texas." According to the discovering researchers from Georgia Southern University's Institute of Arthropodology and Parasitology, "It differs from other borreliae based on the banding patterns obtained by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis" along with several other variations including morphological changes identified under electron microscope. Unfortunately, the researchers were "unable to revive frozen cultures, so cannot meet the requirements of the Bacteriological Code to deposit viable type material at two different culture collections" leading to the use of the candidatus prefix.[1]

References

Lin T, Gao L, Seyfang A, Oliver JH Jr (March 2005). "'Candidatus Borrelia texasensis', from the American dog tick Dermacentor variabilis". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 55 (Pt 2): 685–93. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02864-0. PMID 15774644.

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[1] Lin T, Gao L, Seyfang A, Oliver JH Jr (March 2005). "'Candidatus Borrelia texasensis', from the American dog tick Dermacentor variabilis". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 55 (Pt 2): 685–93. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02864-0. PMID 15774644.