MadSci Network: Microbiology
Query:

Re: what does lyme disease look like under a microscope?

Date: Sun Aug 17 15:06:04 2008
Posted By: John J Peloquin, Fellow
Area of science: Microbiology
ID: 1218976336.Mi
Message:

I interpret this question as your wanting to know what the causative organism of lyme disease, Borrelia burgdorferi, looks like under the microscope. It looks much like other spirochetes, that is, it looks a lot like a corkscrew. You can find an image at this URL:
http://www.lersus.de /res/modules/enu/biology/1/res/files/borrelia_0_.jpg


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