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Study Finds Manganese Balance is Crucial for Lyme Disease Bacterium Survival

Lyme disease is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, which relies on the antioxidant manganese to protect it from its host’s immune system. Both removing or adding too much manganese weakens…

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