chete that had never been seen in the Ixodes group of ticks before. After determining that the same spirochetes were present in ticks taken from Long Island and New Jersey, the newly named Borrelia burgdorferi was confirmed as the bacteria that caused Lyme disease (1:47).
             The tick that transmits Lyme disease is called Ixodes scapularis. In the northeastern and north-central United States it is often called the "deer tick" because it is found so frequently on deer. The southern form of I. scapularis is usually called the "black legged tick." The southern form of the species poses less of a threat of infection. Fewer of the southern ticks are infected and they tend to feed
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