genospecies
English
Etymology
geno- + species
Noun
genospecies (plural genospecies)
- (genetics, taxonomy) A species (group of organisms that can interbreed) identified and characterised by means of genetics.
- 1997, Carel J. van Oss, Immunological and Molecular Diagnosis of Infectious Disease:
- The genospecies complex of B. burgdorferi sensu lato has been divided into more than 4 distinct genospecies: B.burgdorferi sensu stricto (most North American isolates), Borrella garinii, Borrelia afzelii, Borrelia japonica, and other additional strains which do not fit into any of the specified genospecies.
- 2015 July 6, “C6 Peptide-Based Multiplex Phosphorescence Analysis (PHOSPHAN) for Serologic Confirmation of Lyme Borreliosis”, in PLOS ONE, DOI::
- The last two genospecies are etiologic agents of almost all LB cases in Russia, which encompasses the greater part of the range of B.
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Related terms
- genospecific
- phenospecies