Article
Heme uptake in <i>Lactobacillus sakei</i> evidenced by a new ECF-like transport system
2019-12-06
Abstract excerpt
Lactobacillus sakei is a non-pathogenic lactic acid bacterium and a natural inhabitant of meat ecosystems. Although red meat is a heme-rich environment, L. sakei does not need iron or heme for growth, while possessing a heme-dependent catalase. Iron incorporation into L. sakei from myoglobin and hemoglobin was formerly shown by microscopy and the L. sakei genome reveals a complete equipment for iron and heme tr...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 4eefd578-6078-587b-a837-f20053208184
- DOI
- 10.1101/864751
