''Borrelia andersonii'' is a
spirochete bacterium. It can be
pathogenic
In biology, a pathogen ( el, πάθος, "suffering", "passion" and , "producer of") in the oldest and broadest sense, is any organism or agent that can produce disease. A pathogen may also be referred to as an infectious agent, or simply a germ ...
, being involved in cases of
Lyme borreliosis
Lyme or LYME may refer to:
* Lyme disease, an infectious disease carried by ticks caused by bacteria of the genus ''Borrelia''
Places United Kingdom
* Lyme, an alternative name of Lyme Handley, a civil parish in Cheshire
** Lyme Park, an estate ...
.
See also
*
Lyme disease microbiology
References
Further reading
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External links
NCBI Taxonomy Browser - Borrelia
andersonii
Bacteria described in 1995
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