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Molecular Epidemiology of the Iron Utilization Genes of Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli
1 Jan 2004
Abstract excerpt
Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) strains are etiologic agents of acute and persistent diarrhea. In this study, the results of phenotypic assays suggested that EAEC strains possess specialized iron acquisition systems. Genes required for the synthesis (iucA) or transport (fepC) of siderophores, and genes encoding siderophore (fyuA, ireA, and iroN) or heme transport (chu) receptors or hemoglobin proteases...
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