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Plasmid stability during in vitro propagation of Borrelia burgdorferi assessed at a clonal level.
Infection and immunity - 1 Jun 2003
Grimm Dorothee, Elias Abdallah F, Tilly Kit, Rosa Patricia A
Abstract excerpt
Borrelia burgdorferi causes Lyme disease in humans. The genome of the sequenced type strain B31 MI consists of a linear chromosome, 12 linear plasmids, and 9 circular plasmids. Previous studies by other investigators indicated that some of these plasmids are essential for the survival of the spirochetes in vivo but not in vitro. We have studied plasmid stability during in vitro growth at 23 and 35 degrees C,...
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