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ArticleMicrobiology spectrum2015

Borrelia burgdorferi: Carbon Metabolism and the Tick-Mammal Enzootic Cycle.

Arianna Corona, Ira Schwartz

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Article in Microbiology spectrum, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers.

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52citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

52 citing papers in PubMed, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Arianna CoronaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY.
Ira SchwartzDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY.
New York Medical College · US

Funding

DETERMINANTS OF B BURGDORFERI HEMATOGENOUS DISSEMINATIONR01AI045801 · NIAID · NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE · PI SCHWARTZ, IRA S. · 1999 to 2015
$4.9M
NUCLEIC ACID-BASED DIANOSTIC PROBES FOR LYME DISEASER01AR041511 · NIAMS · NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE · PI SCHWARTZ, IRA S. · 1991 to 2009
$4.1M
NIAID NIH HHS AI45801NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI045801NIAMS NIH HHS AR41511NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR041511
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Borrelia burgdorferi, the spirochetal agent of Lyme disease, is a zoonotic pathogen that is maintained in a natural cycle that typically involves mammalian reservoir hosts and a tick vector of the Ixodes species. During each stage of the enzootic cycle, B. burgdorferi is exposed to environments that differ in temperature, pH, small molecules, and most important, nutrient sources. B. burgdorferi has a highly restricted metabolic capacity because it does not contain a tricarboxylic acid cycle, oxidative phosphorylation, or any pathways for de novo biosynthesis of carbohydrates, amino acids, or lipids. Thus, B. burgdorferi relies solely on glycolysis for ATP production and is completely dependent on the transport of nutrients and cofactors from extracellular sources. Herein, pathways for carbohydrate uptake and utilization in B. burgdorferi are described. Regulation of these pathways during the different phases of the enzootic cycle is discussed. In addition, a model for differential control of nutrient flux through the glycolytic pathway as the spirochete transits through the enzootic cycle is presented.

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AnimalsBorrelia burgdorferiCarbonDisaccharidesGene Expression Regulation, BacterialGlycolysisHumansIxodesLyme DiseaseMammalsZoonosesCarbonchitobioseDisaccharides

Identifiers

PMID26185064
PMCPMC7942402
OpenAlexW1789261020

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