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. Diseases linked to this species of Borrelia are Lyme disease and Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans (ACA). In understanding the structure and function of this pathogen, the easier it will be to treat people with the diseases it causes | Borrelia afzelli is considered a new species of the Genus Borrelia. Diseases linked to this species of Borrelia are Lyme disease and Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans (ACA). In understanding the structure and function of this pathogen, the easier it will be to treat people with the diseases it causes. | ||
==Genome Structure== | ==Genome Structure== | ||
Revision as of 08:53, 4 June 2007
Classification
Higher order taxa:
Kingdom: Bacteria, Phylum: Spirochaetes, Class: Spriochaetes, Order: Spirochaetales, Genus: Spirochaetaceae, Species: Borrelia
Species
Borrelia burgdorferi, Borrelia lonestari, Borrelia recurrentis
Description and Significance
Borrelia afzelli is considered a new species of the Genus Borrelia. Diseases linked to this species of Borrelia are Lyme disease and Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans (ACA). In understanding the structure and function of this pathogen, the easier it will be to treat people with the diseases it causes.
