The ability of Vibrio vulnificus to use a synthetic hydrophilic heme compound, Fe-TPPS, as a single iron source

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-77

  Miyoshi, Shin Ichi ^a   Kamei, Takehito ^a   Inami, Yu ^a   Ota, Yuki ^a   Yamamoto, Shigeo ^a   Tomochika, Ken Ichi ^a   Shinoda, Sumio ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fe TPPS; Heme utilization; Vibrio vulnificus

Indexed keywords

HEME; IRON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

BLOOD; CULTURE MEDIA; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HEMIN; HUMANS; PORPHYRINS; SEPSIS; VIBRIO; VIBRIO INFECTIONS;

EID: 0033041044     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00016-6     Document Type: Article

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