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A genus of spirochete bacteria transmitted by Ixodes ticks, best known as the causative agent of Lyme disease -- the most common tick-borne illness in the Northern Hemisphere. Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato comprises approximately 20 genospecies, with B. burgdorferi se…
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arsenic (As) is unique among dietary heavy metals because it exists in two fundamentally different forms with dramatically different toxicities: inorganic arsenic (iAs, the dangerous form) and organic arsenic (arsenobetaine, arsenosugars — largely non-toxic). Understand…
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Erectile dysfunction (ED) affects 30-50% of men aged 40-70 Feldman et al. 1994, with prevalence increasing with age. Conventionally understood as a vascular and/or neurogenic disorder, ED is now recognized as a condition with a significant gut microbiome component -- th…
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Small, high-affinity iron-chelating molecules secreted by bacteria and fungi to scavenge ferric iron (Fe3+) from the environment. Siderophore competition is a fundamental ecological force in the gut microbiome: organisms with superior iron acquisition systems gain a dec…