Borrelia burgdorferi radiosensitivity and Mn antioxidant content: antigenic preservation and pathobiology
ABSTRACT The bacterium responsible for Lyme disease, Borrelia burgdorferi, accumulates high levels of manganese without iron and possesses a polyploid genome, characteristics suggesting potential extreme resistance to radiation. Contrary to expectations, we report that wild-type B. burgdorferi B31 c...
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Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2025-02-01
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Series: | mBio |
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Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.03131-24 |
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