Name: Borrelia afzelii P-Ko/1984
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 14306

Type strain:

Species: Borrelia afzelii

Strain Designation: P-Ko/1984

Culture col. no.: DSM 16073

Strain history: <- V. Fingerle, Max von Pettenkofer-Inst., Munich <- V. Preac-Mursic; P-Ko/1984

NCBI tax ID(s): 29518 (species)

SI-ID 143388

DSM 16073

Other strains from Borrelia afzelii

B. afzelii VS 461, DSM 10508, ATCC 51567, ... (type strain)

Section

Borrelia afzelii P-Ko/1984 is a microaerophile, mesophilic bacterium that was isolated from skin biopsy.

mesophilic
microaerophile
Bacteria

Information on the name and the taxonomic classification. Name and taxonomic classification

	Last LPSN update	14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	"Bacteria"
	Phylum	*Spirochaetota*
	Class	*Spirochaetia*
	Order	*Spirochaetales*
	Family	*Borreliaceae*
	Genus	*Borrelia*
	Species	**Borrelia afzelii**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Borrelia afzelii Canica et al. 1994

Synonym

Borreliella afzelii

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

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Incubation period

1-2 days

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

BSK-MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 403)

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe at MediaDive

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

	Temperatures	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #6259]			growth	35 °C

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Temperature range

mesophilic

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

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Oxygen tolerance

microaerophile

Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditions Isolation, sampling and environmental information

[Ref.: #6259]	Sample type/isolated from	skin biopsy
[Ref.: #6259]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Munich
[Ref.: #6259]	Country	Germany
[Ref.: #6259]	Country ISO 3 Code	DEU
[Ref.: #6259]	Continent	Europe
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Isolation sources categories

#Infection	#Patient	#Biopsy
#Host Body-Site	#Organ	#Skin, Nail, Hair

What are isolation sources categories?

Information on possible application of the strain and its possible interaction with e.g. potential hosts Safety information

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Biosafety level

Risk group (German classification)
According to TRBA 466

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

DSM 16073

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SI-ID 143388

References

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Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 16073

#20215

Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )

#83459

Reimer, L.C., Lissin, A.,Schober, I., Witte,J.F., Podstawka, A., Lüken, H., Bunk, B.,Overmann, J.: StrainInfo: A central database for resolving microbial strain identifiers . ( DOI 10.60712/SI-ID143388.1 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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