Class Spirochaetes Family Spirochaetaceae Rank Species | Phylum Spirochaetes Order Spirochaetales | |
Similar Borrelia miyamotoi, Ixodes persulcatus, Ixodes ricinus, Ixodes pacificus, Borrelia duttonii | ||
Borrelia spielmanii is a spirochete bacterium; it routinely infects Ixodes ricinus, and subsequently humans, causing Lyme disease.
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