Borrelia burgdorferi

species of bacteria
Taxon taxon Q2723634
Borrelia burgdorferi
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Borrelia burgdorferi

Summary

Borrelia burgdorferi is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.66% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (219 views/month, #1,289 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Borrelia burgdorferi's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Borrelia burgdorferi is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Willy Burgdorfer is named after Borrelia burgdorferi[5].
  • Borrelia burgdorferi belongs to the parent taxon Borrelia[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Borrelia burgdorferi is Borrelia burgdorferi[7].
  • Borrelia burgdorferi's Commons category is recorded as Borrelia burgdorferi[8].
  • Borrelia burgdorferi's has effect is recorded as Lyme disease[9].
  • Borrelia burgdorferi's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'B. burgdorferi'}[10].
  • Borrelia burgdorferi's LPSN URL is recorded as https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/borrelia-burgdorferi[11].
  • Borrelia burgdorferi's Gram staining is recorded as gram-negative bacteria[12].
  • Borrelia burgdorferi's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[13].

Body

Classification

Borrelia burgdorferi's scientific name is Borrelia burgdorferi[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Borrelia[6].

Discovery and Description

Willy Burgdorfer is named after Borrelia burgdorferi[5].

Identifiers

Borrelia burgdorferi's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 492543[14]. Borrelia burgdorferi's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 973517[15]. Borrelia burgdorferi's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3228185[16]. Borrelia burgdorferi's ITIS TSN is recorded as 960010[17].

Why It Matters

Borrelia burgdorferi ranks in the top 0.66% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (219 views/month, #1,289 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Borrelia burgdorferi sp. nov.: Etiologic Agent of Lyme Disease. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [17] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] . Disease Ontology. wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . LPSN. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after
    Parent taxon Borrelia
    Named after Willy Burgdorfer
    Gram staining gram-negative bacteria
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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