Borrelia

See also: borrelia

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, after Amédée Borrel (1867-1936), French bacteriologist, +‎ -ia

Proper noun

Borrelia f

1. 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
• Borrelia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons