Borrelia burgdorferi NEU2011

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Classification

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Description and Significance

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Genome Structure

The Borrelia burgdorferi genome contains 1,521,208 base pairs with the number of G+C bases totaling 28%. It has a total of 22 DNA molecules including 21 extrachromosomal DNA elements, the largest known number of any bacterium (1). These include 12 linear and 9 circular plasmids which range from 5 to 56 kilobases (2). The plasmids contain a total of 1706 genes, including many pseudogenes, which suggests that the genome is actively evolving.

Cell Structure and Metabolism

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Ecology

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Pathology

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Current Research

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Cool Factor

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References

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