Episode 2473
Borrelia burgdorferi
Sat, 2024-Feb-10 06:41 UTC
Length - 1:19
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Welcome to random Wiki of the Day where we read the summary of a random Wikipedia page every day.
The random article for Saturday, 10 February 2024 is Borrelia burgdorferi.
Borrelia burgdorferi is a bacterial species of the spirochete class in the genus Borrelia, and is one of the causative agents of Lyme disease in humans. Along with a few similar genospecies, some of which also cause Lyme disease, it makes up the species complex of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. The complex currently comprises 20 accepted and 3 proposed genospecies. B. burgdorferi sensu stricto exists in North America and Eurasia and until 2016 was the only known cause of Lyme disease in North America. Borrelia species are Gram-negative.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 06:41 UTC on Saturday, 10 February 2024.
For the full current version of the article, see Borrelia burgdorferi on Wikipedia.
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