Iron utilization studies in Citrobacter species

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 137, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 141-146

  Khashe, Shideh ^a   Janda, J Michael ^a  

^a Division of Communicable Disease Control   (United States)

Author keywords

aerobactin synthesis; Citrobacter pathogenicity; siderophore production

Indexed keywords

AEROBACTIN; IRON; SIDEROPHORE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CITROBACTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029895606     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00041-9     Document Type: Article

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