Borrelia japonica

Borrelia japonica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Spirochaetota
Class:	Spirochaetia
Order:	Spirochaetales
Family:	Borreliaceae
Genus:	Borrelia
Species:	B. japonica
Binomial name
Borrelia japonica Kawabata, Masuzawa & Yanagihara, 1993

Borrelia japonica is a spirochete bacterium first isolated from Japanese mammals.^[1]

• Masuzawa T, Suzuki H, Kawabata H, et al. (May 1995). "Identification of spirochetes isolated from wild rodents in Japan as Borrelia japonica". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 33 (5): 1392–4. doi:10.1128/JCM.33.5.1392-1394.1995. PMC 228176. PMID 7615765.
• Masuzawa T, Suzuki H, Kawabata H, et al. (May 1995). "Identification of spirochetes isolated from wild rodents in Japan as Borrelia japonica". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 33 (5): 1392–4. doi:10.1128/JCM.33.5.1392-1394.1995. PMC 228176. PMID 7615765.
• Ishii N, Isogai E, Isogai H, et al. (1995). "T cell response to Borrelia garinii, Borrelia afzelii, and Borrelia japonica in various congenic mouse strains". Microbiology and Immunology. 39 (12): 929–35. doi:10.1111/j.1348-0421.1995.tb03295.x. PMID 8789051.
• Masuzawa T, Komikado T, Kaneda K, Fukui T, Sawaki K, Yanagihara Y (August 1997). "Homogeneity of Borrelia japonica and heterogeneity of Borrelia afzelii and 'Borrelia tanukii' isolated in Japan, determined from ospC gene sequences". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 153 (2): 287–93. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1997.tb12587.x. PMID 9271854.
• Nakao M, Miyamoto K, Fukunaga M (1994). "Borrelia japonica in nature: genotypic identification of spirochetes isolated from Japanese small mammals". Microbiology and Immunology. 38 (10): 805–8. doi:10.1111/j.1348-0421.1994.tb01861.x. PMID 7869959.

• NCBI Taxonomy Browser - Borrelia
• "Borrelia japonica" at the Encyclopedia of Life

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