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Identification of a siderophore utilization locus in nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae
BACKGROUND: Haemophilus influenzae has an absolute aerobic growth requirement for either heme, or iron in the presence of protoporphyrin IX. Both iron and heme in the mammalian host are strictly limited in their availability to invading microorganisms. Many bacterial species overcome iron limitation...
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BioMed Central
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2859871/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20398325 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-10-113 |