Jenny Wachter

This paper identifies BbbA and BbbB as essential bactofilins that organize peptidoglycan insertion sites in Borrelia burgdorferi, critical for cell growth and viability.

This paper shows that Borrelia burgdorferi loses genetic elements and proliferative ability in lab cultures during starvation but maintains these traits in tick vectors.

This study characterizes the bacteriophage phiBB-1 using proteomics and long-read sequencing, revealing its packaging mechanisms and role in gene transfer in Borrelia burgdorferi.