Strict Conservation yet Non-Essential Nature of Plasmid Gene bba40 in the Lyme Disease Spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi

Strict Conservation yet Non-Essential Nature of Plasmid Gene bba40 in the Lyme Disease Spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi

ABSTRACT The highly segmented genome of Borrelia burgdorferi, the tick-borne bacterium that causes Lyme disease, is composed of a linear chromosome and more than 20 co-existing endogenous plasmids. Many plasmid-borne genes are unique to B. burgdorferi and some have been shown to provide essential fu...

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Main Authors: Irene N. Kasumba, Kit Tilly, Tao Lin, Steven J. Norris, Patricia A. Rosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-06-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
Borrelia burgdorferi
plasmids
tick-borne pathogen
gene conservation
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00477-23

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00477-23

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