This one shows atypical spirochete to -->"Tennis Racket" (TR) --> to Discoid Gemma (DG) transformation. This one is so precious since it clearly demonstrates to us that the tennis racket form is simply a transitional form from one morphology to another & not a stationary morphology onto itself. It also shows that the DG is simply another form of a cyst & that the end form is likely dependent on the adult atypical spirochete shape & size.
Tennis racket forms have been reported in WILD TYPE Borrelia burgdorferi directly from ticks & cultures, so if/when we make the connection of this transition & especially when TR is involved, then this makes the visual connection in human blood HUGE & SUBSTANTIAL and will add to the mounting evidence that we are looking at a spirochete & not a mere artifact in our blood!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!