''Borrelia turdi'', formerly known as ''Borrelia turdae'', 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''. Its name refers to its
reservoir
A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation.
Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including control ...
, ''
Turdus merula
The common blackbird (''Turdus merula'') is a species of true thrush. It is also called the Eurasian blackbird (especially in North America, to distinguish it from the unrelated New World blackbirds), or simply the blackbird where this does no ...
''.
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External links
NCBI Taxonomy Browser - Borrelia*
turdi
Bacteria described in 1996
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