Division of the genus Borrelia into two genera (corresponding to Lyme disease and relapsing fever groups) reflects their genetic and phenotypic distinctiveness and will lead to a better understanding of these two groups of microbes (Margos et al. (2016) There is inadequate evidence to support the division of the genus Borrelia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.001717)

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Medicine, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, California, USA.
² Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Comment

Alan G Barbour et al. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2017 Jun.

. 2017 Jun;67(6):2058-2067.

doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.001815. Epub 2017 Jun 30.

¹ Departments of Medicine, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, California, USA.
² Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

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Comment on

A phylogenomic and molecular marker based proposal for the division of the genus Borrelia into two genera: the emended genus Borrelia containing only the members of the relapsing fever Borrelia, and the genus Borreliella gen. nov. containing the members of the Lyme disease Borrelia (Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex).
Adeolu M, Gupta RS. Adeolu M, et al. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. 2014 Jun;105(6):1049-72. doi: 10.1007/s10482-014-0164-x. Epub 2014 Apr 18. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. 2014. PMID: 24744012
There is inadequate evidence to support the division of the genus Borrelia.
Margos G, Marosevic D, Cutler S, Derdakova M, Diuk-Wasser M, Emler S, Fish D, Gray J, Hunfeldt KP, Jaulhac B, Kahl O, Kovalev S, Kraiczy P, Lane RS, Lienhard R, Lindgren PE, Ogden N, Ornstein K, Rupprecht T, Schwartz I, Sing A, Straubinger RK, Strle F, Voordouw M, Rizzoli A, Stevenson B, Fingerle V. Margos G, et al. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2017 Apr;67(4):1081-1084. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.001717. Epub 2017 May 5. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2017. PMID: 27930271 No abstract available.