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Manganese acquisition is essential for virulence of Enterococcus faecalis

Manganese (Mn) is an essential micronutrient that is not readily available to pathogens during infection due to an active host defense mechanism known as nutritional immunity. To overcome this nutrient restriction, bacteria utilize high-affinity transporters that allow them to compete with host meta...

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Autores principales: Colomer-Winter, Cristina, Flores-Mireles, Ana L., Baker, Shannon P., Frank, Kristi L., Lynch, Aaron J. L., Hultgren, Scott J., Kitten, Todd, Lemos, José A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6147510/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30235334
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1007102