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Nonredundant Roles of Iron Acquisition Systems in Vibrio cholerae.
Infection and immunity - 1 Feb 2016
Peng Eric D, Wyckoff Elizabeth E, Mey Alexandra R, Fisher Carolyn R, Payne Shelley M
Abstract excerpt
Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of the severe diarrheal disease cholera, thrives in both marine environments and the human host. To do so, it must encode the tools necessary to acquire essential nutrients, including iron, under these vastly different conditions. A number of V. cholerae iron acquisition systems have been identified; however, the precise role of each system is not fully understood. To test the...
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