Spirochetes Unwound

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...

The alternative sigma factor RpoS is a key player in the life cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi , the Lyme disease spirochete.  RpoS directs RNA...

PCR is a powerful tool that has been used to detect microbial DNA in human remains unearthed by archaeologists.  This approach has helped re...

Members of the spirochete phylum Spirochaetes are recognized easily by their long spiral shape, which allows their periplasmic flagella to ...