Carbohydrate utilization by the Lyme borreliosis spirochete,Borrelia burgdorferi
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Carbohydrate utilization by the Lyme borreliosis spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi.
Growth kinetic analyses of Borrelia burgdorferi indicated that this bacterium can utilize a limited number of carbon sources for energy: the monosaccharides glucose, mannose, and N-acetylglucosamine, the disaccharides maltose and chitobiose, and glycerol. All of these carbohydrates are likely to be available to B. burgdorferi during infection of either vertebrate and arthropod hosts, enabling d...
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عنوان ژورنال: FEMS Microbiology Letters
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0378-1097,1574-6968
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.12.002