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Borrelia burgdorferi

submitted by agwartney on May 10, 2012
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Tags: bacteria , Borrelia burgdorferi , Lyme disease , spirochete , tick
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Author(s): Tina Carvalho, University of Hawaii at Manoa
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Borrelia burgdorferi is a spirochete, a class of long, slender bacteria that typically take on a coiled shape. Infection with this bacterium causes Lyme disease.

Credit: Tina Carvalho, University of Hawaii at Manoa, NIGMS photo gallery
 
 

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