borrelia duttoni borrelia duttoni borrelia duttoni, formerly known as spirochaeta duttoni, is a species of borrelia. borrelia duttoni scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: spirochaetota class: spirochaetia order: spirochaetales family: borreliaceae genus: borrelia species: b. duttoni binomial name borrelia duttoni(novy and knapp 1906) bergey et al. 1925 (approved lists 1980) it can be associated with relapsing fever. it is named after joseph everett dutton, who died of the disease in 1905 while he and john lancelot todd were investigating "tick fever".