Heme Uptake and Utilization by Gram-Negative Bacterial Pathogens. - PubMed - NCBI https://t.co/p7xvm0Yr1T
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The host attempts to limit iron availability to the invading pathogens. Since iron is essential for pathogens, they have evolved various mechanisms to obtain iron and this includes the production of siderophores, hemophores and xenosiderophores. #BS3017 ht
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#bs3017 So interesting to see how gram negative evolve to sequester iron for their own growth in the host. Some of them have hemospore to bind to heme and transport into the cell. Some have surface receptor to bind to siderophore produced by other bacteri
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Heme Uptake and Utilization by Gram-Negative Bacterial Pathogens https://t.co/vtpD5iNqem