Borrelia burgdorferi (IMAGE)

Northwestern University

Borrelia burgdorferi

Caption

This digitally colorized scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image depicts a grouping of numerous, Gram-negative, anaerobic, Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria, which had been derived from a pure culture. This pathogenic organism is responsible for causing Lyme disease, a zoonotic, vector-borne, ailment, transmitted to humans by way of a tick bite.

Credit

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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