Carbohydrate utilization by the Lyme borreliosis spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 243, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 173-179

  Von Lackum, Kate ^a   Stevenson, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Carbohydrate utilization; Lyme borreliosis; Lyme disease; Spirochete

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CHITOBIOSE; DISACCHARIDE; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; MALTOSE; MANNOSE; MONOSACCHARIDE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; HOST; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CULTURE MEDIA; GENOMICS; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; SPIROCHAETALES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 12844252620     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.12.002     Document Type: Article

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