Rank: Species
Lineage: Bacteria;Spirochaetes;Spirochaetia;Spirochaetales;Borreliaceae;Borreliella;Borreliella afzelii
Description: Borrelia afzelii.This species was isolated from a skin lesion from a Lyme disease patient in Europe in 1993. It is a specific aetological agent of acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans (ACA). This organism can be differentiated from other Borrelia species by monoclonal antibody hybridization.
Reference Material:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/?term=Borreliella+afzelii