:Borrelia carolinensis

{{Short description|Species of bacterium}}

{{Speciesbox

| genus = Borrelia

| species = carolinensis

| authority = Rudenko et al. 2011

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Borrelia carolinensis is a spirochete bacterium{{cite journal|last1=Rudenko|first1=N.|last2=Golovchenko|first2=M.|last3=Grubhoffer|first3=L.|last4=Oliver|first4=J. H.|title=Borrelia carolinensis sp. nov., a New (14th) Member of the Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato Complex from the Southeastern Region of the United States|journal=Journal of Clinical Microbiology|volume=47|issue=1|year=2008|pages=134–141|issn=0095-1137|doi=10.1128/JCM.01183-08|pmid=19020062|pmc=2620843}} associated with Lyme disease.{{cite journal| author=Stanek G, Reiter M| title=The expanding Lyme Borrelia complex--clinical significance of genomic species? | journal=Clin Microbiol Infect | year= 2011 | volume= 17 | issue= 4 | pages= 487–93 | pmid=21414082 | doi=10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03492.x | doi-access=free }}