Borrelia japonica explained

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

Further reading

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

External links

• NCBI Taxonomy Browser - Borrelia

Notes and References

1. Kawabata H, Masuzawa T, Yanagihara Y . Genomic analysis of Borrelia japonica sp. nov. isolated from Ixodes ovatus in Japan . . 37 . 11 . 843–8 . 1993 . 7905183 . 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1993.tb01714.x. free .