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Ye, M., Zhou, Y., Lou, Y. et al. Genome reduction of Borrelia burgdorferi: two TCS signaling pathways for two distinct host habitats. Sci. China Life Sci. 59, 19–21 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-015-4996-z
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