Jellybelly - Bacteria V parasites

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The question was asked if Lyme is a parasite on another list- and some

answered yes... but a simple yes is sort of misleading I think..

It's the USE of the word that you have to be carefull of.

Anything that lives off something else can be called a " parasitic " ...

SO a bacteria can be called a parasitic, because it lives on a host...

I think Jelly is asking if Lyme is a

parasite - meaning is it callasifed as a

" helminth " the term under which species of worms are classified.

Lyme is a species of bacteria but the word " parasitic " can be used as a

descriptor.

Barb