| Borrelia spielmanii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Spirochaetota |
| Class: | Spirochaetia |
| Order: | Spirochaetales |
| Family: | Borreliaceae |
| Genus: | Borrelia |
| Species: | B. spielmanii
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| Binomial name | |
| Borrelia spielmanii Richter et al. 2006
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Borrelia spielmanii is a spirochete bacterium;[1] it routinely infects Ixodes ricinus, and subsequently humans, causing Lyme disease.[2][3][4]
- ^ Richter D, Postic D, Sertour N, Livey I, Matuschka FR, Baranton G (April 2006). "Delineation of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato species by multilocus sequence analysis and confirmation of the delineation of Borrelia spielmanii sp. nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 56 (Pt 4): 873–81. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64050-0. PMID 16585709.
- ^ Fingerle, Volker; Schulte-Spechtel, Ulrike C.; Ruzic-Sabljic, Eva; Leonhard, Sarah; Hofmann, Heidelore; Weber, Klaus; Pfister, Kurt; Strle, Franc; Wilske, Bettina (2008). "Epidemiological aspects and molecular characterization of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. from southern Germany with special respect to the new species Borrelia spielmanii sp. nov". International Journal of Medical Microbiology. 298 (3–4): 279–290. doi:10.1016/j.ijmm.2007.05.002. ISSN 1438-4221. PMID 17616434.
- ^ Maraspin, Vera; Ruzic-Sabljic, Eva; Strle, Franc (2006). "Lyme Borreliosis and Borrelia spielmanii". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 12 (7): 1177. doi:10.3201/eid1207.060077. ISSN 1080-6040. PMC 3291061. PMID 16848050.
- ^ Földvári, Gábor, Róbert Farkas, and András Lakos. "Borrelia spielmanii erythema migrans, Hungary." Emerging infectious diseases 11.11 (2005): 1794.