RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Margos, Gabriele A1 Wilske, Bettina A1 Sing, Andreas A1 Hizo-Teufel, Cecilia A1 Cao, Wu-Chun A1 Chu, Chenyi A1 Scholz, Holger A1 Straubinger, Reinhard K. A1 Fingerle, VolkerYR 2013 T1 Borrelia bavariensis sp. nov. is widely distributed in Europe and Asia JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 63 IS Pt_11 SP 4284 OP 4288 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.052001-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB Since the original description of Borrelia bavariensis sp. nov. in 2009, additional samples available from humans and ticks from Europe and Mongolia, respectively, have been used to further characterize Borrelia strains belonging to this group of spirochaetes that utilize rodents as reservoir hosts. These investigations suggested the presence of related strains in Europe and Asia and confirmed their status as representing a distinct species. Furthermore, samples that were investigated by researchers from China and Japan confirm the ecological relationship of members of this proposed species with rodents and suggest that it has a wide distribution in Eurasia. Here, we use phylogenetic and genetic distance analyses to validate B. bavariensis sp. nov. as a species within the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato species complex. The type strain is PBiT ( = DSM 23469T = BAA-2496T)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.052001-0