Lyme disease parasite Borrelia burgdorferi
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Description: English: Under a high magnification, this digitally colorized scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image depicts three, Gram-negative, anaerobic, Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria, which had been derived from a pure culture. This pathogenic organism is responsible for causing the illness, Lyme disease, a zoonotic, vector-borne, ailment, transmitted to humans by way of a tick bite. Creation Date:2011. Date: 31 December 2011. Source: https://phil.cdc.gov/Details.aspx?pid=13177. Author: CDC/ Claudia Molins.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Bacteria
- Spirochaetes
- Spirochaetia
- Spirochaetales
- Borreliaceae
- Borreliella
- Borreliella burgdorferi
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- CDC/ Claudia Molins
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