''Borrelia garinii'' is a species of

spirochete A spirochaete () or spirochete is a member of the phylum Spirochaetota (also called Spirochaetes ), which contains distinctive diderm (double-membrane) Gram-negative bacteria, most of which have long, helically coiled (corkscrew-shaped or ...

bacterium in the genus ''

Borrelia ''Borrelia'' is a genus of bacteria of the spirochete phylum. Several species cause Lyme disease, also called Lyme borreliosis, a zoonotic, vector-borne disease transmitted by ticks. Other species of ''Borrelia'' cause relapsing fever, and are ...

''. It is endemic to parts of Eurasia where it is one of the causative organisms of human

Lyme disease Lyme disease, also known as Lyme borreliosis, is a tick-borne disease caused by species of ''Borrelia'' bacteria, Disease vector, transmitted by blood-feeding ticks in the genus ''Ixodes''. It is the most common disease spread by ticks in th ...

. It is transmitted by hard-bodied ticks of the

Ixodes ''Ixodes'' is a genus of hard-bodied ticks (family Ixodidae). It includes important disease vectors of animals and humans ( tick-borne disease), and some species (notably '' Ixodes holocyclus'') inject toxins that can cause paralysis. Som ...

genus (''

Ixodes ricinus ''Ixodes ricinus'', the castor bean tick, is a chiefly European species of hard-bodied tick. It may reach a length of when engorged with a blood meal, and can transmit both bacterial and viral pathogens such as the causative agents of Lyme disea ...

'' in Europe, and '' Ixodes persulcatus'' in temperate regions of Asia), infecting various wild woodland mammals. Neurological complications are more frequent in human

caused by this Borrelia species.

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NCBI Taxonomy Browser - BorreliaBorrelia burgdoferi B31 Genome PageBorrelia Garinii PBi Genome PageBorrelia Afzelli PKo Gemonme Page
garinii Bacteria described in 1992 {{Spirochaetae-stub

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