Borrelia burgdorferi: The spirochete (a type of bacteria) that causes Lyme disease. Named after its discoverer, Dr. Willy Burgdorfer. See: Borrelia.
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A gram-negative, helically shaped bacterium that is the causative agent of Lyme disease.
Borrelia burgdorferi is a Gram-negative spirochete bacteria that is well known as the causative agent of Lyme disease. In 1982, a few years after Lyme disease was first ...
Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology chapter on Lyme disease and the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi.
Scanning electron micrograph image of Borrelia burgdorferi. Image courtesy of Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health. Permission for use of this image by ...