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Volume 70, Issue 5

Rejection of the name and all proposed species comb. nov. placed therein Free

Abstract

Rejection () of the name and all new combinations therein is being requested on grounds of risk to human health and patient safety (Principle 1, subprinciple 2 and Rule 56a) and violation to aim for stability of names, to avoid useless creation of names (Principle 1, subprinciple 1 and 3) and that names should not be changed without sufficient reason (Principle 9 of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes).

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Keyword(s): Borrelia , Lyme disease and nomenclature
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Rejection of the name Borreliella and all proposed species comb. nov. placed therein
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