Global InformationBorrelia turicatae information
| Borrelia turicatae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Spirochaetota |
| Class: | Spirochaetia |
| Order: | Spirochaetales |
| Family: | Borreliaceae |
| Genus: | Borrelia |
| Species: | B. turicatae
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| Binomial name | |
| Borrelia turicatae (Brumpt 1933) Steinhaus 1946
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Borrelia turicatae is a bacterial species of the spirochaete class of the genus Borrelia.[1] It is one of the relapsing fever spirochaetes, which are globally distributed yet understudied agents of tick-borne relapsing fever.[2] The tick vector Ornithodoros turicata transmits B. turicatae, which causes relapsing fever, an arthropod-borne infection of humans and other mammals caused by different Borrelia species.[1][3][4] B. turicatae is long and spiral-shaped, as is typical for all spirochaetes.[5] It is a Gram-negative bacterium and visible with light microscopy.[5] Few epidemiological studies have been performed and few molecular data exist for B. turicatae and its arthropod vector O. turicata.[2]
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