Phage-mediated horizontal gene transfer of both prophage and heterologous DNA by ϕBB-1, a bacteriophage ofBorrelia burgdorferi

Evaluation of methods to purify virus-like particles for metagenomic sequencing of intestinal viromes

(2015) Manuel Kleiner et al.   BMC GENOMICS

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(2015) José R Penadés et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

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The Borrelia burgdorferi RelA/SpoT Homolog and Stringent Response Regulate Survival in the Tick Vector and Global Gene Expression during Starvation

(2015) Dan Drecktrah et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Impact of Spontaneous Prophage Induction on the Fitness of Bacterial Populations and Host-Microbe Interactions

(2014) Arun M. Nanda et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Bacteriophage P1 pac sites inserted into the chromosome greatly increase packaging and transduction of Escherichia coli genomic DNA

(2014) Haomin Huang et al.   VIROLOGY

Distribution of cp32 Prophages among Lyme Disease-Causing Spirochetes and Natural Diversity of Their Lipoprotein-EncodingerpLoci

(2013) Dustin Brisson et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

A simple and rapid method to isolate purer M13 phage by isoelectric precipitation

(2013) Dexian Dong et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

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(2013) Emmanuel F Mongodin et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Comparative genomics of defense systems in archaea and bacteria

(2013) Kira S. Makarova et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Multilocus Sequence Typing of Borrelia burgdorferi Suggests Existence of Lineages with Differential Pathogenic Properties in Humans

(2013) Klara Hanincova et al.   PLoS One

Horizontally Transferred Genetic Elements and Their Role in Pathogenesis of Bacterial Disease

(2013) C. Gyles et al.   VETERINARY PATHOLOGY

Importance of prophages to evolution and virulence of bacterial pathogens

(2013) Louis-Charles Fortier et al.   Virulence

Genetics ofBorrelia burgdorferi

(2012) Dustin Brisson et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

Genome Stability of Lyme Disease Spirochetes: Comparative Genomics of Borrelia burgdorferi Plasmids

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Short- and Long-Term Adaptation to Ethanol Stress and Its Cross-Protective Consequences in Lactobacillus plantarum

(2011) Hermien van Bokhorst-van de Veen et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Pervasive Recombination and Sympatric Genome Diversification Driven by Frequency-Dependent Selection inBorrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme Disease Bacterium

(2011) James Haven et al.   GENETICS

The coenzyme A disulphide reductase of Borrelia burgdorferi is important for rapid growth throughout the enzootic cycle and essential for infection of the mammalian host

(2011) Christian H. Eggers et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Bacteriophages and genetic mobilization in sewage and faecally polluted environments

(2011) Maite Muniesa et al.   Microbial Biotechnology

Defining the Plasmid-Borne Restriction-Modification Systems of the Lyme Disease Spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi

(2010) R. O. M. Rego et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Whole-Genome Sequences of Thirteen Isolates of Borrelia burgdorferi

(2010) S. E. Schutzer et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Inhibition of Superinfection and the Evolution of Viral Latency

(2010) T. W. Berngruber et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Evolution and Distribution of the ospC Gene, a Transferable Serotype Determinant of Borrelia burgdorferi

(2010) A. G. Barbour et al.   mBio

Live imaging reveals a biphasic mode of dissemination of Borrelia burgdorferi within ticks

(2009) Star M. Dunham-Ems et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Collateral Effects of Antibiotics: Carbadox and Metronidazole Induce VSH-1 and Facilitate Gene Transfer among Brachyspira hyodysenteriae Strains

(2008) T. B. Stanton et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Lyme borreliosis spirochete Erp proteins, their known host ligands, and potential roles in mammalian infection

(2008) Catherine A. Brissette et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

In Vitro CpG Methylation Increases the Transformation Efficiency of Borrelia burgdorferi Strains Harboring the Endogenous Linear Plasmid lp56

(2008) Q. Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Presence of Multiple Variants of Borrelia burgdorferi in the Natural Reservoir Peromyscus leucopus Throughout a Transmission Season

(2008) Katherine I. Swanson et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES