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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Borrelia burgdorferi, one of the bacteria species causing Lyme disease, has a small genome and is therefore highly dependent on its hosts to obtain many necessary metabolites. Its small genome makes B ...

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 ...