Controversies in bacterial taxonomy: The example of the genus Borrelia

Gabriele Margos; Volker Fingerle; Sally Cutler; Alexander Gofton; Brian Stevenson; Agustín Estrada-Peña

doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2019.101335

Controversies in bacterial taxonomy: The example of the genus Borrelia

Gabriele Margos, Volker Fingerle, Sally Cutler, Alexander Gofton, Brian Stevenson, Agustín Estrada-Peña

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Abstract

In this paper we survey key issues in bacterial taxonomy and review the literature regarding the recent genus separation proposed for the genus Borrelia. We discuss how information on members of the genus Borrelia is increasing but detailed knowledge on the relevant features is available only for a small subset of species. The data accumulated here show that there is considerable overlap in ecology, clinical aspects and molecular features between clades that argue against splitting of the genus Borrelia.

Original language	English
Article number	101335
Journal	Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
Volume	11
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2019.101335
State	Published - Mar 2020

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the Robert Koch-Institut Berlin for funding the German National Reference Center of Borrelia. The authors gratefully acknowledge the Robert Koch-Institut Berlin for funding the German National Reference Center of Borrelia.

Funders	Funder number
German National Reference Center of Borrelia
Robert Freedman
Robert Koch-Institut Berlin

Keywords

Bacterial systematics
Borrelia
Borreliella
Lyme borreliosis
Relapsing-fever
Taxonomy

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Parasitology
Microbiology
Insect Science
Infectious Diseases

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