''Borrelia tanukii'' is a
spirochete
A spirochaete () or spirochete is a member of the phylum Spirochaetota (), (synonym Spirochaetes) which contains distinctive diderm (double-membrane) gram-negative bacteria, most of which have long, helically coiled (corkscrew-shaped or s ...
bacterium first isolated from specimens of ''
Ixodes tanuki'', hence its name.
References
Further reading
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External links
NCBI Taxonomy Browser - Borrelia*
tanukii
Bacteria described in 1996
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