Division of the genus Borrelia into two genera (corresponding to Lyme disease and relapsing fever groups) reflects their genetic and phenotypic distinctiveness and will lead to a better understanding of these two groups of microbes (Margos et al. (2016) There is inadequate evidence to support the division of the genus Borrelia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.001717) Barbour, Alan G. and Adeolu, Mobolaji and Gupta, Radhey S.,, 67, 2058-2067 (2017), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001815, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 1466-5026, abstract= , language=, type=