Ferrous iron uptake by a magnesium transport system is toxic for Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium.

At low magnesium concentrations, Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium LT2 accumulate ferrous iron independent of the ferrous iron transport system feo. Mutant strains with mutations in the magnesium transport gene corA accumulated less ferrous iron than the parent strains. corA+ and corA stra...

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Main Author: Hantke, K
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1997
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC179529/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9324273
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