Phylogenomic diversity elucidates mechanistic insights into Lyme borreliae host association
M. A. Combs, A. L. Marcinkiewicz, A. P. Dupuis, A. D. Davis, P. Lederman, T. A. Nowak, J. L. Stout, K. Strle, V. Fingerle, G. Margos, A. T. Ciota, M. A. Diuk-Wasser, S.-O. Kolokotronis, Y.-P. Lin
This study investigates how genetic variation in Lyme disease-causing Borrelia burgdorferi strains relates to their ability to evade host complement immune responses, revealing host-specific complement-evasion phenotypes.
bioRxiv · May 25, 2022Microbiology