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The luxS gene is not required for Borrelia burgdorferi tick colonization, transmission to a mammalian host, or induction of disease.
Infection and immunity - 1 Aug 2004
Blevins Jon S, Revel Andrew T, Caimano Melissa J, Yang Xiaofeng F, Richardson James A, Hagman Kayla E, Norgard Michael V
Abstract excerpt
luxS mutants of Borrelia burgdorferi strain 297 naturally colonized their arthropod (Ixodes scapularis) vector, were maintained in ticks throughout the molting process (larvae to nymphs), were tick transmitted to uninfected mice, and elicited histopathology in mice indistinguishable from that induced by wild-type B. burgdorferi.
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