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Comparison of the heme iron utilization systems of pathogenic Vibrios.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jun 1999
O'Malley S M, Mouton S L, Occhino D A, Deanda M T, Rashidi J R, Fuson K L, Rashidi C E, Mora M Y, Payne S M, Henderson D P
Abstract excerpt
Vibrio alginolyticus, Vibrio fluvialis, and Vibrio parahaemolyticus utilized heme and hemoglobin as iron sources and contained chromosomal DNA similar to several Vibrio cholerae heme iron utilization genes. A V. parahaemolyticus gene that performed the function of V. cholerae hutA was isolated. A portion of the tonB1 locus of V. parahaemolyticus was sequenced and found to encode proteins similar in amino acid...
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