Lyme bacterium's possible ancestor found in ancient tick

Friday, June 6, 2014 - 07:31 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Parasite trapped in ancient amber carried the oldest documented ancestor of the Borrelia that causes Lyme disease.Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2014.15378

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