Borrelia valaisiana

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Borrelia valaisiana
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Spirochaetota
Class: Spirochaetia
Order: Spirochaetales
Family: Borreliaceae
Genus: Borrelia
Species:
B. valaisiana
Binomial name
Borrelia valaisiana
Wang et al., 1997

Borrelia valaisiana is a spirochaete bacterium; strain VS116 is the type strain. [1] It is a potential pathogen. [2] [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Wang, G.; Van Dam, A. P.; Fleche, A. L.; Postic, D.; Peter, O.; Baranton, G.; De Boer, R.; Spanjaard, L.; Dankert, J. (1997). "Genetic and Phenotypic Analysis of Borrelia valaisiana sp. nov. (Borrelia Genomic Groups VS116 and M19)". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 47 (4): 926–932. doi: 10.1099/00207713-47-4-926 . ISSN   0020-7713. PMID   9336888.
  2. ↑ Saito K, Ito T, Asashima N, et al. (December 2007). "Case report: Borrelia valaisiana infection in a Japanese man associated with traveling to foreign countries" . The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene . 77 (6): 1124–7. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.1124 . PMID   18165534 . Retrieved 2013-07-31.
  3. ↑ Schwab J, Hammerschmidt C, Richter D, et al. (2013). "Borrelia valaisiana resist complement-mediated killing independently of the recruitment of immune regulators and inactivation of complement components". PLoS ONE . 8 (1): e53659. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...853659S. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053659 . PMC   3539980 . PMID   23320099.

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