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Borrelia burgdorferi

Borrelia burgdorferi is the bacterium that causes Lyme disease.

This bacterium belongs to a group of bacteria, called spirochetes, whose appearance resembles a coiled spring. Borreliae are very small and can not be seen without a microscope.