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SUBMITTER: Kustusch RJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3092006 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine 20110312 3
The Vibrios are a unique group of bacteria inhabiting a vast array of aquatic environments. Many Vibrio species are capable of infecting a wide assortment of hosts. Some of these species include V. parahaemolyticus, V. alginolyticus, V. vulnificus, V. anguillarum, and V. cholerae. The ability of these organisms to utilize iron is essential in establishing both an infection in their hosts as well as surviving in the environment. Bacteria are able to sequester iron through the secretion of low mol ...[more]