The glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenases GpsA and GlpD constitute the oxidoreductive metabolic linchpin for Lyme disease spirochete host infectivity and persistence in the tick

• Dan Drecktrah ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: dan.drecktrah@mso.umt.edu (DD); samuels@mso.umt.edu (DSS)

  Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7090-6236

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• Laura S. Hall,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, United States of America

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• Bethany Crouse,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

  Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, United States of America

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• Benjamin Schwarz,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Bacteriology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

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• Crystal Richards,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Bacteriology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

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• Eric Bohrnsen,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Bacteriology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

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• Michael Wulf,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, United States of America

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• Bonnie Long,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, United States of America

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• Jessica Bailey,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, United States of America

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• Frank Gherardini,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Bacteriology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

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• Catharine M. Bosio,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Bacteriology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

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• Meghan C. Lybecker,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States of America

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• D. Scott Samuels

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: dan.drecktrah@mso.umt.edu (DD); samuels@mso.umt.edu (DSS)

  Affiliations Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, United States of America, Center for Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, United States of America

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