BORRELIA BURGDORFERI

'''Borrelia burgdorferi''' is species of bacteria of the spirochete class of the genus ''Borrelia''. ''B. burgdorferi'' ''sensu stricto'' (predominant in North America, but also in Europe), is the agent of Lyme disease and is a subspecies of ''B. burgdorferi'' ''sensu lato''.
It is a zoonotic, vector-borne disease transmitted by ticks and is named after the researcher Willy Burgdorfer who first isolated the bacterium in 1982. ''B. burgdorferi'' is one of the few pathogenic bacteria that can survive without iron, having replaced all of its iron-sulphur cluster enzymes with enzymes that use manganese, thus avoiding the problem many pathogenic bacteria face in acquiring iron.
''B. burgdorferi'' infections have been linked to non-Hodgkin lymphomas. Infectious agents in mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue-type lymphomas: pathogenic role and therapeutic perspectives, Guidoboni M, Ferreri AJ, Ponzoni M, Doglioni C, Dolcetti R, , , Clinical lymphoma & myeloma, 2006

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★ Allen Steere

★ Jorge Benach

External Links

★ NCBI Borrelia Taxonomy Browser

★ Borrelia Microbe Wiki Page

★ Borrelia burgdoferi B31 Genome Page