Identification of a siderophore utilization locus in nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae

BACKGROUND: Haemophilus influenzae has an absolute aerobic growth requirement for either heme, or iron in the presence of protoporphyrin IX. Both iron and heme in the mammalian host are strictly limited in their availability to invading microorganisms. Many bacterial species overcome iron limitation...

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Main Authors: Morton, Daniel J, Turman, Elizabeth J, Hensley, Patrick D, VanWagoner, Timothy M, Seale, Thomas W, Whitby, Paul W, Stull, Terrence L
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2010
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2859871/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20398325
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-10-113
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