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Heme-Dependent Siderophore Utilization Promotes Iron-Restricted Growth of the Staphylococcus aureus hemB Small-Colony Variant.
Journal of bacteriology - 19 Nov 2021
Batko Izabela Z, Flannagan Ronald S, Guariglia-Oropeza Veronica, Sheldon Jessica R, Heinrichs David E
Abstract excerpt
Respiration-deficient Staphylococcus aureus small-colony variants (SCVs) frequently cause persistent infections, which necessitates they acquire iron, yet how SCVs obtain iron remains unknown. To address this, we created a stable hemB mutant from S. aureus USA300 strain LAC. The hemB SCV utilized exogenously supplied hemin but was attenuated for growth under conditions of iron starvation. Transcriptome sequencing...
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