In this paper we survey key issues in bacterial taxonomy and review the literature regarding the recent genus separation proposed for the genus Borrelia. We discuss how information on members of the genus Borrelia is increasing but detailed knowledge on the relevant features is available only for a small subset of species. The data accumulated here show that there is considerable overlap in ecology, clinical aspects and molecular features between clades that argue against splitting of the genus Borrelia.

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细菌分类学上的争议：以疏螺旋体属为例。

在本文中，我们调查了细菌分类学中的关键问题，并回顾了有关为疏螺旋体属提出的最近属分离的文献。我们讨论了有关疏螺旋体属成员的信息如何增加，但是有关特征的详细知识仅适用于一小部分物种。此处积累的数据表明，进化枝之间在生态学，临床方面和分子特征上存在相当多的重叠，这些进化枝反对疏螺旋体属的分裂。