The luxS Gene Is Not Required for Borrelia burgdorferi Tick Colonization, Transmission to a Mammalian Host, or Induction of Disease

AUTOR(ES)

Blevins, Jon S.

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

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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