The Lyme disease spirochete persists in nature through cycles between ticks and
vertebrates. Although the spirochete interacts with numerous, distinct tissues and …

ABSTRACT Don't Panic. In the nearly 50 years since the discovery of Lyme disease, Borrelia
burgdorferi has emerged as an unlikely workhorse of microbiology. Interest in studying host …

The family Borreliaceae contains arthropod-borne spirochetes that cause two widespread
human diseases, Lyme disease and relapsing fever. Lyme disease is a subacute …

Borrelia spirochetes are unique among diderm bacteria in their lack of lipopolysaccharide
(LPS) in the outer membrane (OM) and their abundance of surface‐exposed lipoproteins …

Borrelia burgdorferi, the spirochete that causes Lyme disease, is a diderm organism that is
similar to Gram-negative organisms in that it contains both an inner and outer membrane …

All bacteria encode a multifunctional DNA-binding protein, DnaA, which initiates
chromosomal replication. Despite having the most complex, segmented bacterial genome …

The Family Borreliaceae contains arthropod-borne spirochetes that cause two widespread
human diseases, Lyme disease (LD) and relapsing fever (RF). LD is a subacute …

Borrelia spirochetes are unique among diderm bacteria in their lack of lipopolysaccharide
(LPS) in the outer membrane (OM) and their abundance of surface-exposed lipoproteins …

Borrelia burgdorferi is a diderm organism with a unique cell ultrastructure. One major
difference between this spirochete and Gram-negative organisms is B. burgdorferi lacks …

Borrelia burgdorferi, the etiological agent of Lyme disease, is the most prevalent vector-
borne disease in the United States. The spirochetal population is naturally maintained by …