An update on iron acquisition by Legionella pneumophila: New pathways for siderophore uptake and ferric iron reduction

Future Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 841-851

  Cianciotto, Nicholas P ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bacterial virulence; c type cytochromes; FeoB; Gram negative bacteria; iron acquisition; legiobactin siderophore; Legionella pneumophila; Legionnaires' disease; pyomelanin pigment

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME; FERRIC ION; IRON; SIDEROPHORE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME C; FERROUS ION; LEGIOBACTIN PROTEIN, LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MELANIN; PYOMELANIN;

LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LUNG INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PATHOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NEGIBACTERIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOCHROMES C; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; IRON; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLOSIS; MELANINS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SIDEROPHORES;

EID: 84929721464     PISSN: 17460913     EISSN: 17460921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fmb.15.21     Document Type: Review

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