Cryptic Genes for Interbacterial Antagonism Distinguish Rickettsia Species Infecting Blacklegged Ticks From Other Rickettsia Pathogens

Cryptic Genes for Interbacterial Antagonism Distinguish Rickettsia Species Infecting Blacklegged Ticks From Other Rickettsia Pathogens

BackgroundThe genus Rickettsia (Alphaproteobacteria: Rickettsiales) encompasses numerous obligate intracellular species with predominantly ciliate and arthropod hosts. Notable species are pathogens transmitted to mammals by blood-feeding arthropods. Mammalian pathogenicity evolved from basal, non-pa...

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Main Authors: Victoria I. Verhoeve, Tyesha D. Fauntleroy, Riley G. Risteen, Timothy P. Driscoll, Joseph J. Gillespie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Subjects:
Rickettsia buchneri
Ixodes scapularis
blacklegged tick
Lyme disease
toxin-antidote
contact-dependent growth inhibition systems
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2022.880813/full

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