:Borrelia sinica

{{Short description|Species of bacterium}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}

{{Speciesbox

| genus = Borrelia

| species = sinica

| authority = Masuzawa et al. 2001

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Borrelia sinica is a spirochete bacterium.{{cite journal|last1=Masuzawa|first1=T.|last2=Takada|first2=N.|last3=Kudeken|first3=M.|last4=Fukui|first4=T.|last5=Yano|first5=Y.|last6=Ishiguro|first6=F.|last7=Kawamura|first7=Y.|last8=Imai|first8=Y.|last9=Ezaki|first9=T.|title=Borrelia sinica sp. nov., a Lyme disease-related Borrelia species isolated in China|journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology|volume=51|issue=5|year=2001|pages=1817–1824|issn=1466-5026|doi=10.1099/00207713-51-5-1817|pmid=11594614|doi-access=free}} Its cells contain only four periplasmic flagella inserted at each end of the spirochaetes, differing from other Borrelia species. It is 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 }} CMN3^T is the type strain of this species.