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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.
 
 
 
Its phenotype include, motile, nonsporulating, spirally-shaped, aerobe, pathogen.    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 08:53, 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.

Genome Structure

Cell Structure and Metabolism

Ecology

Pathology

Application to Biotechnology

Current Research

References