Borrelia
See also: borrelia
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, after Amédée Borrel (1867-1936), French bacteriologist, + -ia
Proper noun
Borrelia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Spirochaetaceae – the borrelia spirochetes, some of which cause relapsing fever.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Negibacteria – subkingdom; Spirochaetota – phylum; Spirochaetia – class; Spirochaetales – order; Spirochaetaceae – family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Borrelia anserina - type species
- Borrelia burgdorferi group - species group associated with Lyme disease
- Borrelia bissettii, Borrelia coriaceae, Borrelia duttoni, Borrelia hermsii, Borrelia lonestari, Borrelia lusitaniae, Borrelia miyamoto, Borrelia obermeieri, Borrelia recurrentis, Borrelia sinica, Borrelia tanukii, Borrelia turdae - other species
References
- Borrelia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Borrelia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Borrelia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons