Hemin-dependent growth and hemin binding of Bartonella henselae

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-59

  Sander, Anna ^a   Kretzer, Stefan ^a   Bredt, Wolfgang ^a   Oberle, Karin ^a   Bereswill, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bartonella; Hemin binding; Iron acquisition

Indexed keywords

FERRIC CHLORIDE; FERROUS CHLORIDE; HEMIN; LACTOFERRIN; PROTOPORPHYRIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CULTURE MEDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BARTONELLA HENSELAE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; HEMIN; IRON;

BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BRUCELLA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0034256036     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00243-3     Document Type: Article

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