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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...