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MANUAL OF DETERMINATIVE BACTERIOLOGY 



Research, 22, 1934-1935, 105 and 595; 

 iUd., 24, 1937, 571 and 581). 



Arthropod vector: Carried by either 

 Pediculus vestimenti ov Cimex rolundatus 

 or by both. 



Habitat: The cause of Indian relapsing 

 fever. Transmissible to monkeys, rab- 

 bits, rats and mice. 



8. Borrelia theileri (Laveran) Bergey 

 et al. {Spirochaela theileri Laveran, 

 Compt. rend. Acad. Sci., Paris, 136, 

 1903, 939; Spiroschaudinnia theileri Cas- 

 tellani and Chalmers, Man. Trop. Med., 

 2nd ed., 1913, 404; Spironema theileri 

 Noguchi, Jour. Exp. Med., 27, 1918, 584; 

 Bergey et al., Manual, 2nd ed., 1925, 435; 

 Spirillum theileri and Spirochaete theileri 

 Pettit, Contribution a I'Etude des Spiro- 

 ch^tidds, Vanves, II, 1928; Treponema 

 theileri Noguchi, in Jordan and Falk, 

 Newer Knowledge Bact. and Immun., 

 1928, 461.) Named for Theiler, who 

 discovered this organism in 1902 in 

 Transvaal, South Africa. 



Morphology : 0.25 to 0.3 micron by 20 

 to 30 microns with pointed ends. 



Cultivation: No record. 



Immunology : Is distinct from the spe- 

 cies infecting man. 



Arthropod vector: Transmitted by the 

 tick {Rhipicephalus decoloratus) . 



Source : Blood of cattle. 



Habitat : Blood of cattle and other 

 mammals in South Africa. 



9. Borrelia glossinae (Novy and 

 Knapp) Bergey et al. {Spirillum glossi- 

 nae Novy and Knapp, Jour. Inf. Dis., 8, 

 1906, 385; Spirochaeta glossinae Cas- 

 tellani and Chalmers, Man. Trop. Med., 

 1st ed., 1910, 310; Spiroschaudinnia 

 glossinae Castellani and Chalmers, ibid., 

 3rd ed., 1919, 454; Spironema glossinae 

 Bergey et al.. Manual, 1st ed., 1923, 425; 

 Bergey et al., Manual, 2nd ed., 1925, 435; 

 Entomospira glossinae Enderlein, Bak- 

 terien-Cyclogcnie, 1925, 254; Treponema 

 glossinae Ford, Te.xtb. of Bact., 1927, 



988.) Named for the genus of insects, 

 Glossina. 



Morphology : 0.2 \)y 8.0 microns, oc- 

 curring singly, sometimes in pairs. Gen- 

 erally 4 spirals. Shorter, narrower and 

 has more turns than has Borrelia rec2ir- 

 rentis. 



Habitat : Found in the stomach con- 

 tents of the tse-tse fly {Glossina pal- 

 palis ) . 



10. Borrelia buccale (Steinberg) 

 Brumpt. (Spirochaeta buccalis Stein- 

 berg, 1862, according to Hoffmann and 

 Provvazek, Cent. f. Bakt., I Abt., Orig., 

 41, 1906, 819; Spirochaete cohnii Winter, 

 Die Pilze, 1879, 61; (?) Microspira buc- 

 calis Lewis, The Lancet, 1884, quoted 

 from Schroeter, in Cohn, Kryptog. Flora 

 V. Schlesien, 3, 1, 1889, 169; Spirochaete 

 buccalis, quoted from Schroeter, ibid., 

 168; Spirillum cohnii Trevisan, I generi 

 e le specie delle Batteriacce, 1889, 24; 

 Spirillum buccale Mac6, Traite Pratique 

 de Bact., 4th ed., 1901, 1062; Spirochaeta 

 inaequalis Gerber, Cent. f. Bakt., I Abt., 

 Orig., 56, 1910, 508; Spirochaeta undu- 

 lata Gerber, idem; Treponema buccale 

 Dobell, Arch. f. Protistenk., 26, 1912, 

 117; Spironema buccale Gross, Cent. f. 

 Bakt., I Abt., Orig., 65, 1912, 84; Spiro- 

 schaudinnia buccalis Castellani and Chal- 

 mers, Man. Trop. Med., 3rd ed., 1919, 

 450; Brumpt, Nouveau Trait(5 de M^de- 

 cine, Paris, 4, 1922, 495; Treponema in- 

 aequale Brumpt, ibid.; Treponema un- 

 dulatum Brumpt, ibid., 514.) From 

 Latin buccalis, buccal. 



Morphology: 0.4 to 0.9 by 7 to 20 mi- 

 crons. The largest of the mouth spiro- 

 chetes. 



Motility: Active, serpentine, rotating 

 and fiexuous. 



Staining: Stains with aniline dyes and 

 is violet with Giemsa's stain. 



Cultivation : Has not been obtained in 

 pure culture and probably does not grow 

 in any medium tried to date. 



Habitat: In normal mouths and invades 

 formed lesions of the respiratory mucous 

 membrane. 



