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ArticleJournal of bacteriology2026

Bactofilins are essential spatial organizers of peptidoglycan insertion in the Lyme disease spirochete

Christopher B Zinck, Valentina Carracoi, Zachary A Kloos, Jenny Wachter, Cindi L Schwartz, Philip E Stewart, Christine Jacobs-Wagner, Patricia A Rosa, Constantin N Takacs

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Article in Journal of bacteriology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Christopher B ZinckDepartment of Biology, College of Science, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9418-3009
Valentina CarracoiLaboratory of Bacteriology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, USA.
Zachary A KloosMicrobiology Program, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Jenny WachterLaboratory of Bacteriology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, USA.
Cindi L SchwartzElectron Microscopy Unit, Research Technologies Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, USA.
Philip E StewartLaboratory of Virology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, USA.
Christine Jacobs-Wagner *Sarafan ChEM-H Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0980-5334
Patricia A Rosa *Laboratory of Bacteriology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, USA.
Constantin N TakacsDepartment of Biology, College of Science, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4553-0668

Funding

MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM007205 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI KAZMIERCZAK, BARBARA I · 1985 to 2019
$42.9M
American Heart Association 18POST33990330Howard Hughes Medical InstituteJames D. Jamieson and Family M.D.-Ph.D. Scholarship Fund at Yale UniversityNIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007205NIH HHS Intramural Research ProgramNIH HHS T32GM007205Northeastern University
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Lyme disease spirochete

Indexed as

Bacterial ProteinsBorrelia burgdorferiLyme DiseasePeptidoglycanCell WallBacterial ProteinsPeptidoglycanbactofilinBorreliaLyme diseasepeptidoglycanspirochetes

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PMID42370709
PMCPMC13393453

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