Borrelia burgdorferi is a member of the spirochete phylum of bacteria, which represents an ancient evolutionary branch only distantly related to gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. It is ...

Not all cell walls are created equal. Take the peculiar makeup of the Borrelia burgdorferi bacterium’s cell wall. It might play a role in lingering symptoms of Lyme disease — the most common ...

A new chapter in the Lyme disease controversy opened in September 2011 when Advanced Laboratory Services, Inc, announced the commercial availability of a new culture test for Borrelia burgdorferi ...

The bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi is transmitted to humans by the bite of infected deer ticks and in 2002 caused more than 23,000 infections in the United States, mostly localized to California ...

The bacterium responsible for Lyme disease, Borrelia burgdorferi, originated in America, or so researchers thought. Now, however, scientists has shown that this bug in fact came from Europe ...

Borrelia infection in ticks in Norway Date: June 24, 2011 Source: Norwegian School of Veterinary Science Summary: The most common tick-borne disease in humans is Lyme borreliosis. Extensive field ...

Tick-borne Lyme disease in the U.S. has long been thought to be caused by a single microbe, a spiral-shaped bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi. Last week this notion was challenged when a team ...

This one, named Borrelia mayonii, is closely related to the Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria already known to cause Lyme disease, the team at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and the Centers ...

Borrelia burgdorferi is capable of infecting cats, so even though it isn’t a pressing issue among cat owners, you should still be familiar with signs of infection and how it’s passed.

Some essential oils have strong antibacterial properties. Lyme disease is an infection caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi (B. burgdorferi), which is transmitted to humans by ticks.