Borrelia burgdorferi CA 8 is a mesophilic, Gram-negative, motile prokaryote of the family Borreliaceae.
Gram-negative motile rod-shaped mesophilic| @ref 20215 |
Last LPSN update
2025-12-16 10:02:42 |
| Domain Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum Spirochaetota |
| Class Spirochaetia |
| Order Spirochaetales |
| Family Borreliaceae |
| Genus Borrelia |
| Species Borrelia burgdorferi |
| Full scientific name Borrelia burgdorferi Johnson et al. 1984 |
| Synonyms (1) |
| BacDive ID | Other strains from Borrelia burgdorferi (3) | Type strain |
|---|---|---|
| 14302 | B. burgdorferi B31, DSM 4680, ATCC 35210, CIP 102532 (type strain) | |
| 14303 | B. burgdorferi IRS, DSM 4681, ATCC 35211 | |
| 136981 | B. burgdorferi |
| Title | Authors | Journal | DOI | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combining citizen science and molecular diagnostic methods to investigate the prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. and Borrelia miyamotoi in tick pools across Great Britain. | Shan J, Jia Y, Hickenbotham P, Teulieres L, Clokie MRJ. | Front Microbiol | 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1126498 | 2023 |  |
| Targeting Multicopy Prophage Genes for the Increased Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato (s.l.), the Causative Agents of Lyme Disease, in Blood. | Shan J, Jia Y, Teulieres L, Patel F, Clokie MRJ. | Front Microbiol | 10.3389/fmicb.2021.651217 | 2021 | |
How to citeIf you want to cite this particular strain cite the following doi:
https://doi.org/10.13145/bacdive136980.20251217.10
When using BacDive for research please cite the following paper
BacDive in 2025: the core database for prokaryotic strain data
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