Borrelia burgdorferi loses essential genetic elements and cell proliferative potential during stationary phase in culture but not in the tick vector.
Jessica Zhang, Constantin N. Takacs, Joshua W. McCausland, Elizabeth A. Mueller, Jeline Buron, Yashna Thappeta, Jenny Wachter, Patricia A. Rosa, Christine Jacobs
This paper shows that Borrelia burgdorferi loses genetic elements and proliferative ability in lab cultures during starvation but maintains these traits in tick vectors.
Journal of Bacteriology · Feb 14, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology