Borrelia

genus of bacteria
Taxon taxon Q115528
Borrelia
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Borrelia

Summary

Borrelia is a taxon[1]. Borrelia ranks in the top 0.64% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,041 views/month, #1,241 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Borrelia's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Borrelia is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Amédée Borrel is named after Borrelia[5].
  • Borrelia belongs to the parent taxon Borreliaceae[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Borrelia is Borrelia[7].
  • Borrelia's Commons category is recorded as Borrelia[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Borrelia is Borrelia anserina[9].
  • Borrelia's replaced synonym is recorded as Borreliella[10].
  • Borrelia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Borrelia[11].
  • Borrelia's LPSN URL is recorded as https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/borrelia[12].
  • Borrelia's Gram staining is recorded as gram-negative bacteria[13].
  • Borrelia's has biological vector is recorded as Ixodes[14].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Borrelia is Borrelia[7]. Borrelia is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Borrelia belongs to the parent taxon Borreliaceae[6]. The taxonomic type of Borrelia is Borrelia anserina[9].

Discovery and Description

Amédée Borrel is named after Borrelia[5].

Identifiers

Borrelia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 492544[15]. Borrelia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 138[16]. Borrelia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 97576[17]. Borrelia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3228159[18]. Borrelia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 956843[19].

Why It Matters

Borrelia ranks in the top 0.64% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,041 views/month, #1,241 of 195,241).[2] Borrelia has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Borrelia is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [19] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [17] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [18] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
    Aliases
    Named after Amédée Borrel
    Topic's main category Category:Borrelia
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 23656, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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