Are we to take it from this that R buchneri is confirmed as Burgdorfer's "East side agent", which appeared to him to be the same as "Swiss agent"? It may be necessary to revisit responses given to reported enquiries on this subject to see whether they were entirely helpful. It is to be hoped that similar investigations will be carried out in other tick populations where Lyme is prevalent, to see whether there is similar, or different, diversity.