I posted some videos a year or so ago. Some of you were not able to see them because of conflicting movie players. Hopefully you all will be able to see these. I watched some of the other B Burgdorferi videos posted on this forum, they were excellent.
When the media would become overgrown I would transfer a small amount of Bb to a new vial of fresh media. I always wondered if the bugs were a migrating to the colony or reproducing from the colony. Just the fact that colonies would get bigger as the population of BB grew; I'm supposing that the colonies were generating new Bb. What the advantage a huge colony is I don't know. The majority of the individuals in the colony were unable to swim away and invade new areas. In a favorable living condition like media broth the colony must provide some advantages; faster growth, sharing of genetic info, and/or reservoir of safety. The colony is nothing more than a group of entangled single or double adult spiros. The ones on the outer edge do break free and roam. In this thriving environment there are many double spiros that eventual spin themselves free of their partner (See Cyst formation video to see attached double spiros)
Does Bb always grow in a colony at some point in the life cycle?
In human Bb cases who knows. Definitely no colonies growing in the blood stream. Maybe in tissue.
Posted by lymebug (Member # 7270) on :
Just checkin in. Added a couple more videos and revamped some of the old classics with freeze frames and close-ups.