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Secreted Citrate Serves as Iron Carrier for the Marine Pathogen Photobacterium damselae subsp damselae.
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology - 1 Jan 2017
Balado Miguel, Puentes Beatriz, Couceiro Lucía, Fuentes-Monteverde Juan C, Rodríguez Jaime, Osorio Carlos R, Jiménez Carlos, Lemos Manuel L
Abstract excerpt
Photobacterium damselae subsp damselae (Pdd) is a Vibrionaceae that has a wide pathogenic potential against many marine animals and also against humans. Some strains of this bacterium acquire iron through the siderophore vibrioferrin. However, there are virulent strains that do not produce vibrioferrin, but they still give a strong positive reaction in the CAS test for siderophore production. In an in silico...
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