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Spirochetes


spirochetes: rigid spiral bacteria.
spleen: the site where red blood cells are destroyed; a reserve blood supply for the body.
stamen: the structure of a flower that contains a thin, stemlike filament and an anther.
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Spirochetes
These are thin, corkscrew-shaped, flexible organisms that range in length from a few to as many as 500 µm.
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And what our research has done is to link acorn production to the risk of exposure to Lyme disease after a time delay, by monitoring acorns, mice, and both ticks and the percent of ticks that are infected with Lyme disease spirochetes every year over ...
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