The biologically active form of vitamin B1 is not required by Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, challenging the paradigm that this vitamin is essential for all living organisms.
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Downs, D. Bacterial physiology: Life without an essential coenzyme. Nat Microbiol 2, 16252 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.252
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