Borrelia burgdorferi is a bacterial species of the spirochete class of the genus Borrelia. B. burgdorferi exists in North America and Europe and is the predominant causative agent of Lyme disease. Borrelia species are considered diderm (double-membrane) bacteria rather than gram positive or negative. Lyme disease is a zoonotic, vector-borne diseas...
(from the article `Lyme disease`) Lyme disease is caused by the spirochete (corkscrew-shaped bacterium) Borrelia burgdorferi. The spirochete is transmitted to the human bloodstream by ... ...and yaws (T. pertenue). Borrelia includes several species transmitted by lice and ticks and causing relapsing fever (B. recurrentis and others) ......
Gram-negative helical bacteria that are the aetiologic agents of lyme disease. These spirochetes are generally transmitted by several species of ixodid ticks. ... (12 Dec 1998) ... 
The bacterial causative agent of Lyme disease.
Spirochaete, responsible for Lyme disease. Can be isolated from midgut of ticks ( Ixodes ).
Type: Term Definitions: 1. a bacterial species causing Lyme disease in humans and borreliosis in dogs, cattle, and possibly horses. The vector transmitting this spirochete to humans is the ixodid tick, Ixodes dammini.
Borrelia burgdorferi: The spirochete (a type of bacteria) that causes Lyme disease. Named after its discoverer, Dr. Willy Burgdorfer. See: Borrelia.
[n] - cause of Lyme disease
Lime disease spirochete noun cause of Lyme disease; transmitted primarily by ticks of genus Ixodes