Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto

Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto

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A Microbial Biorealm page on the genus Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto

Classification

Domain; Phylum; Class; Order; family; genus; species [Others may be used. Use NCBI link to find]

Description and significance

Describe the disease caused by this organism if it is a pathogen, or the natural macroscopic "field guide" appearance and habitat of your organism if it is not. What is or has been the impact your organism on human history or our environment?. How does it do this? How have we harnessed this power, or tried to prevent it? In other words, how do you know it if you see it, and how does its presence influence humans in the present, and historically?

Genome structure

Describe the size and content of the genome. How many chromosomes and plasmids? Circular or linear? Other interesting features? What is known about its sequence?

Cell structure, metabolism & life cycle

Provide a physical and biochemical description of the organism. What kind of organism is it, what does it look like, how is it built, what are its metabolic properties, how can it be identified, what is it's life cycle, &c. In other words, describe the organism from its perspective.

Ecology (including pathogenesis)

Describe its habitat, symbiosis, and contributions to environment. If it is a pathogen, how does this organism cause disease? Human, animal, plant hosts? Describe virulence factors and patient symptoms.

Interesting feature

Describe in detail one particularly interesting aspect of your organism or it's affect on humans or the environment.

References

[Sample reference] Takai, K., Sugai, A., Itoh, T., and Horikoshi, K. "Palaeococcus ferrophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a barophilic, hyperthermophilic archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2000. Volume 50. p. 489-500.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK57020/ critical needs/gaps in understanding: disease/pathology http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome?Db=genome&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=23501 genes: chromosomes, structure etc. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome?db=bioproject&Cmd=Retrieve&list_uids=59429 more gene info http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/19847 detailed morphology, list of all the different strains http://iai.asm.org/cgi/content/full/67/7/3518 idea of what causes the disease http://www.textbookofbacteriology.net/Lyme.html picture/morphology http://cmr.asm.org/cgi/content/full/12/4/633#Summary good explanation of sensu stricto vs. other strains, didnt read past that http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/content/47/1/11.full.pdf how sensu stricto migrated to europe

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19367095 possible life cycle info but some is incorrect http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2408724/#ppat.1000090.s003 really good videos/pics http://www.metapathogen.com/borrelia/ website similar to microbe wiki: check out sources