Spirochetes Unwound

Thanks to a recent study published in PLoS One , we now know that free-swimming Borrelia burgdorferi are able to organize themselves into ...

I'm about half way through 1491 , a book that gives readers a view of the Americas before Columbus showed up.  It also describes the dev...

According to the CDC, 10-20% of Lyme disease patients who have completed antibiotic therapy continue to suffer from symptoms such as joint,...

A fun read in the current issue of Nature Reviews Microbiology is an essay entitled "The Microbial Olympics, " just in time for t...

The microscopic agglutination test (MAT) is designated the "gold standard" for the laboratory diagnosis of leptospirosis, a spiroc...