Borrelia Turdi
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''Borrelia turdi'', formerly known as ''Borrelia turdae'', is a
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 first isolated from specimens of '' Ixodes tanuki''. Its name refers to its
reservoir A reservoir (; ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to water storage, store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation. Reservoirs are created by controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of wa ...
, '' Turdus merula''.


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NCBI Taxonomy Browser - Borrelia
* turdi Bacteria described in 1996 {{Spirochaetae-stub