The ABC-transporter hutCD genes of Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida are essential for haem utilization as iron source and are expressed during infection in fish.

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The marine fish pathogen Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida utilizes haem compounds as the sole iron source. In a previous work, we characterized a gene cluster with ten potential haem uptake and utilization genes. Two of these genes, hutC and hutD, which are iron-regulated, conform a putative inner membrane haem ABC transporter. In this study, we constructed an insertional mutant, leading to the...

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