Borrelia afzelii: Difference between revisions
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==Description and Significance== | ==Description and Significance== | ||
Borrelia afzelli is considered a new species of the Genus Borrelia. Its phenotype include, motile, nonsporulating, spirally-shaped, aerobe, pathogen. Diseases linked to this species of Borrelia are Lyme disease and Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans (ACA). This is a gram negative bacterium and is generally transmitted through ticks. Being that is spirally-shaped, allows it to penetrate deep into its hosts avoiding recognition of an immune response. | |||
==Genome Structure== | ==Genome Structure== | ||
Revision as of 08:23, 4 June 2007
Classification
Higher order taxa:
Bacteria; Spirochaetes; Spriochaetes (class); Spirochaetales; Spirochaetaceae; Borrelia
Species
Borrelia burgdorferi, Borrelia lonestari, Borrelia recurrentis
Description and Significance
Borrelia afzelli is considered a new species of the Genus Borrelia. Its phenotype include, motile, nonsporulating, spirally-shaped, aerobe, pathogen. Diseases linked to this species of Borrelia are Lyme disease and Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans (ACA). This is a gram negative bacterium and is generally transmitted through ticks. Being that is spirally-shaped, allows it to penetrate deep into its hosts avoiding recognition of an immune response.
