Species name： Borrelia burgdorferi
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and Department of Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Professor George Chaconas
Spinning disk confocal IVM video footage of fluorescent Borrelia burgdorferi interacting with a postcapillary venule of the skin vasculature. Most spirochetes visible in this video are interacting transiently (interaction times appear shorter than in real time because the video time scale is compressed). A time-lapse microscopy series of two GFP-expressing B. burgdorferi in the capillary of the skin of a living C57 mouse is shown. Elapsed time is shown at the top right and the scale at bottom left. The time lapse was recorded at 0.94 fps and exported to video at 5 fps. Direction of blood flow is up and to the left.
(2014.09.30)