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From: EWALKER@utmmg.med.uth.tmc.edu (Eldon Walker)
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.misc
Subject: spiro.jpg (0/4) freeze-fracture EM
Date: 26 Sep 1993 05:17:39 GMT
Organization: UT MEDICAL SCHOOL AT HOUSTON
Perchance you were wondering (perchance not) where the freeze-fracture
electron micrographs of pathogenic spirochetes could be found. Wonder no
longer; here they are. The whimsical bacteria in this micrograph are from
the bacterial family Spirochaetaceae; I have listed them below and the same
information can be found below the appropriate panels in the digitized print
posted here. Enjoy; show your friends.
The bugs:
Borrelia burgdorferi, the etiologic agent of Lyme disease, the most common
tick-borne disease of humans (currently receiving much press).
Borrelia hermsii, one of a related group of species that cause relapsing
fever, another disease transmitted by ticks (lice for Borrelia recurrentis).
Serpulina hyodysenteriae, the spirochete that causes swine dysentery, a major
economic problem in pig-producing areas.
Treponema pallidum, the organism that causes syphilis; great cocktail party
conversation piece (at least as good as swine dysentery).