Borrelia
See also: borrelia
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
New Latin, after Amédée Borrel (1867-1936), French bacteriologist, + -ia
Proper noun edit
Borrelia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Spirochaetaceae – the borrelia spirochetes, some of which cause relapsing fever.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Negibacteria - subkingdom; Spirochaetota - phylum; Spirochaetia - class; Spirochaetales - order; Spirochaetaceae - family
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Borrelia anserina - type species
- Borrelia burgdorferi group - species group associated with Lyme disease
- Borrelia bissettii, Borrelia coriaceae, Borrelia duttoni, Borrelia hermsii, Borrelia lonestari, Borrelia lusitaniae, Borrelia miyamoto, Borrelia obermeieri, Borrelia recurrentis, Borrelia sinica, Borrelia tanukii, Borrelia turdae - other species
References edit
Borrelia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Borrelia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Borrelia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
