:Borrelia bissettii

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| genus = Borrelia

| species = bissettiae

| authority = Gupta 2019

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Borrelia bissettiae (formerly B. bissettii, before renaming in 2019{{cite journal | vauthors = Gupta RS | title = Distinction between Borrelia and Borreliella is more robustly supported by molecular and phenotypic characteristics than all other neighbouring prokaryotic genera: Response to Margos' et al. "The genus Borrelia reloaded" (PLOS ONE 13(12): e0208432) | journal = PLOS ONE | volume = 14 | issue = 8 | pages = e0221397 | date = 2019-08-27 | pmid = 31454394 | pmc = 6711536 | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0221397 | bibcode = 2019PLoSO..1421397G | doi-access = free }}) is a spirochete bacterium.{{cite journal | vauthors = Postic D, Ras NM, Lane RS, Hendson M, Baranton G | title = Expanded diversity among Californian borrelia isolates and description of Borrelia bissettii sp. nov. (formerly Borrelia group DN127) | journal = Journal of Clinical Microbiology | volume = 36 | issue = 12 | pages = 3497–504 | date = December 1998 | pmid = 9817861 | pmc = 105228 | doi = 10.1128/JCM.36.12.3497-3504.1998 }} The type strain is strain DN127. It is pathogenic and causes Lyme borreliosis in the Americas and Eurasia.{{cite journal | vauthors = Schneider BS, Schriefer ME, Dietrich G, Dolan MC, Morshed MG, Zeidner NS | title = Borrelia bissettii isolates induce pathology in a murine model of disease | journal = Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases | volume = 8 | issue = 5 | pages = 623–33 | date = October 2008 | pmid = 18454594 | doi = 10.1089/vbz.2007.0251 | url = https://zenodo.org/record/1235289 }}{{cite journal | vauthors = Wolcott KA, Margos G, Fingerle V, Becker NS | title = Host association of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato: A review | journal = Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases | volume = 12 | issue = 5 | pages = 101766 | date = June 2021 | pmid = 34161868 | doi = 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2021.101766 }}