Spirochetes Unwound

Here's a study that may come as a surprise to those in the leptospirosis field.  The outer membrane lipoprotein LipL32 is believed to be...

Infection by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi , if left untreated, can lead to a form of Lyme disease called Lyme arthritis.  About 10% o...

LigB has turned out to be a versatile surface protein for Leptospira interrogans .  The protein is one of several that the spirochete uses t...

Here are some of my favorite spirochete papers from 2012.  Direct access to all research articles (some behind a paywall) is provided via th...

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