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This scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image depicts a grouping of numerous Gram-negative, anaerobic, Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria, which had been derived from a pure culture. See PHIL 13167 for a colorized version of this image. 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. For a closer view of these organisms, see PHIL 13166.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Claudia Molins
Creation Date: 2011
Photo Credit: Janice Haney Carr
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