Role of entF Gene in Iron Acquisition by Brucella abortus 2308
Brucella causes undulant fever in humans and uterine and systemic infection leading to abortions in domestic animals and wild life. For the acquisition of iron in mammalian hosts, species of Brucella are known to produce two siderophores, 2, 3-dihydroxy benzoic acid (2, 3-DHBA) and brucebactin. Inab...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/42758 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05202009-125845/ |