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Genetic variability of the heme uptake system among different strains of the fish pathogen Vibrio anguillarum: identification of a new heme receptor.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Dec 2005
Mouriño Susana, Rodríguez-Ares Isabel, Osorio Carlos R, Lemos Manuel L
Abstract excerpt
The ability to utilize heme compounds as iron sources was investigated in Vibrio anguillarum strains belonging to serotypes O1 to O10. All strains, regardless of their serotype or isolation origin could utilize hemin and hemoglobin as sole iron sources. Similarly, all of the isolates could bind hemin and Congo red, and this binding was mediated by cell envelope proteins. PCR and Southern hybridization were used...
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