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Record Nr.

UNINA9910346739503321

Autore

Susu M. Zughaier

Titolo

The Role of Iron in Bacterial Pathogenesis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Frontiers Media SA, 2018

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic resource (156 p.)

Collana

Frontiers Research Topics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

The collection of articles published in this eBook represent different facets of the interactions between pathogens and their host concerning the battle for iron. Pathogens have developed different strategies to acquire iron from their host. These include the production of siderophores, heme acquisition and ferrous iron uptake.