Borrelia carolinensis (DSM 22119, ATCC BAA-1773, SCW-22)
Borrelia carolinensis SCW-22 is a microaerophile bacterium that was isolated from male Ixodes minor tick fed on the rodent Neotoma floridana.
microaerophile 16S sequence BacteriaName and taxonomic classification
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| Domain Bacteria |
| Phylum Spirochaetota |
| Class Spirochaetia |
| Order Spirochaetales |
| Family Borreliaceae |
| Genus Borrelia |
| Species Borrelia carolinensis |
| Full scientific name Borrelia carolinensis Rudenko et al. 2011 |
| Synonyms (1) |
Culture and growth conditions
Culture medium
| @ref | Name | Growth | Medium link | Composition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16144 | BSK-MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 403) | Medium recipe at MediaDive  | Name: BSK-MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 403) Composition: Bovine serum albumin 35.0245 g/l Gelatine 9.79706 g/l HEPES buffer 4.19874 g/l Proteose peptone no. 2 3.49895 g/l Glucose 2.09937 g/l Proteose yeastolate 0.69979 g/l Tryptone peptone 0.69979 g/l Na-pyruvate 0.559832 g/l Sodium citrate 0.489853 g/l N-Acetylglucosamine 0.279916 g/l MgCl2 x 6 H2O 0.209937 g/l L-Glutamine 0.069979 g/l Double distilled water CMRL 1066 Rabbit serum |
Culture temp
| @ref | Growth | Type | Temperature (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16144 | positive | growth | 37 |
Sequence information
16S sequences
| @ref | Description | Accession | Length | Database | NCBI tax ID | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16144 | Borrelia carolinensis isolate SCW-22 16S ribosomal RNA (rrs) gene, partial sequence | EU085407 | 1362 |   | 478174 |
Literature
Literature 
| Topic | Title | Authors | Journal | DOI | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phylogeny | The genus Borrelia reloaded. | Margos G, Gofton A, Wibberg D, Dangel A, Marosevic D, Loh SM, Oskam C, Fingerle V. | PLoS One | 10.1371/journal.pone.0208432 | 2018 |  |
| Phylogeny | Borrelia carolinensis sp. nov., a novel species of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex isolated from rodents and a tick from the south-eastern USA. | Rudenko N, Golovchenko M, Grubhoffer L, Oliver JH | Int J Syst Evol Microbiol | 10.1099/ijs.0.021436-0 | 2010 | |
How to cite
If you want to cite this particular strain cite the following doi:
https://doi.org/10.13145/bacdive14316.20260601.11
When using BacDive for research please cite the following paper
BacDive in 2025: the core database for prokaryotic strain dataIsabel Schober, Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà Carbasse, Christian Ebeling, Marvin Leon Schmidt, Adam Podstawka, Rohit Gupta, Vinodh Ilangovan, Javad Chamanara, Jörg Overmann, Lorenz Christian Reimer
Nucleic Acids Research; database issue 2025.
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