Carbohydrate utilization by the Lyme borreliosis spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi
K von Lackum, B Stevenson - FEMS microbiology letters, 2005 - academic.oup.com
K von Lackum, B Stevenson
FEMS microbiology letters, 2005•academic.oup.comGrowth 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 development of a model describing energy sources
potentially used by the Lyme borreliosis spirochete during its natural infectious cycle.
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 development of a model describing energy sources
potentially used by the Lyme borreliosis spirochete during its natural infectious cycle.
Abstract
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 development of a model describing energy sources potentially used by the Lyme borreliosis spirochete during its natural infectious cycle.
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