Borrelia burgdorferi, the spirochaete that causes Lyme disease, is a fastidious, slow-growing bacterium. This spirochaete has a complex genome composed of multiple linear and circular plasmids ...

This paper by Dr. F. C. Wellman was received by us Dec. 7, 1905. Owing to a misunderstanding its publication has been delayed. Published under the imprimatur of the American Society of Tropical ...

Figure 1: Stability of FlgE high-molecular-weight complexes (HMWCs) derived from periplasmic flagella (PFs), polyhooks (PHs) and rFlgE. Figure 2: MS analysis of T. denticola and B. burgdorferi ...

This paper by Dr. F. C. Wellman as received by us Dec. 7, 1905. Owing to a misunderstanding its oublication has been delayed. Select the format you want to export the citation of this publication.

Now, Lewis’s team has found that a compound called hygromycin A is completely harmless to animals and has little effect on most bacteria, but is extremely deadly to spirochaete bacteria such as B.

The spirochaete establishes a symbiotic relationship in its animal host - often living unobtrusively in the kidneys of the rat or dog without causing any disease. Only when it is passed to humans ...