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.

When it comes to Lyme disease, a bacterial infection caused by the corkscrew-shaped spirochete ,Borrelia burgdorferi, the battle lines are particularly distinct, and the opposing viewpoints reach ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism. 2007;56(12):4216-4225. Lyme disease in the U.S. is caused by a form of bacteria, the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, infecting humans by tick bites. It typically ...

Lyme disease is a systemic infection caused by spirochete bacteria transmitted by black-legged deer ticks. The corkscrew-shaped bacteria, Borrelia burgdorferi, are similar to the spirochete ...

This suggests an avenue for attack on the spirochete. A second potentially exploitable vulnerability is the internal signaling that allows Borrelia burgdorferi to switch genes on and off to adapt to ...

Consequently, Borrelia burgdorferi, may sometimes appear as ... Altogether there are about 36 species of Borrelia. The Lyme disease spirochete does not wiggle its way around the great outdoors ...

Other studies — in animal models, not humans — showed the Lyme-causing spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, could develop tolerance to antibiotics. Brooks-Tao, whose recent short film on modern ...

If not treated, the spirochete bacteria can survive in ... Lyme disease is caused by the bacteria, Borrelia burgdorferi, that can spread through the bite of an ... More infected tick.

EVANSTON, Ill. — For the half-million Americans facing Lyme disease each year, treatment often means taking antibiotics that ravage their gut microbiome and still fail 20% of patients.

Findings indicate that joint inflammation persists in patients with antibiotic-refractory Lyme arthritis after the disease-spreading spirochetes have been killed. Lyme disease in the U.S. is ...