Borrelia burgdorferi motile spirochetes in a Laboratory culture Click here to view video |
Granules are or variable size Some are small and other granules are large Click here |
Ring form of Borrelia burgdorferi |
Cyst form of Borrelia invades a nerve cell in Alzheimer's Disease |
Corkscrew shaped spirochetes are only one of the possible forms that Borrelia may assume: Namely --Cystic forms --Granular Forms (so called "coccoid ") --L forms --"Bleb" forms and -- "Ring "forms also are present in tissues infected with Borrelia |
Click here ---Diversity of Borrelia Photos Photo essay and quiz |
Borrelia - 3 forms Cystic (Round) , corkscrew ( spiral) and granular (dot) |
Video of Borrelia spirochetal L form Click to see motile spirochete in spinal fluid from Alzheimer patient |
NonCoiled Borrelia spirochetes in Skin Click HERE Biopsies of Erythema Migrans from 1983 Berger et al |
Sample Tissue Histopathology reports for detection of Spirochetes Click here |