@article{mbs:/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/00222615-47-10-929, author = "HubáLek, Z. and Halouzka, J. and Heroldová, M.", title = "Growth temperature ranges of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato strains", journal= "Journal of Medical Microbiology", year = "1998", volume = "47", number = "10", pages = "929-932", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00222615-47-10-929", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/00222615-47-10-929", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1473-5644", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "Three strains of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, representing three human pathogenic genomospecies (B31, B. burgdorferi sensu stricto; BR14, B. garinii; BR75, B. afzelii) were grown in BSK-H medium at different temperatures and the spirochaetal cells were counted by dark-field microscopy after 0, 4, 8, 16 and 48 days. Approximate optimum (minimum-maximum) temperatures for the in-vitro growth were found to be 33°C (22-39°C) in strain B31, 35°C (20-40°C) in strain BR75 and 37°C (20-41°C) in strain BR14. Maximum, optimum and minimum growth temperatures seem to be important characteristics of B. burgdorferi s.l. strains, with relevance for the symptomatology, epidemiology and epizoology of Lyme borreliosis.", }