Although Yersinia pestis epidemic biovars and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis are recently
diverged, highly related species, they cause different diseases via disparate transmission …

Yersinia pestis encodes eleven proven or putative inorganic iron (Fe) or hemin/hemoprotein
transport systems. However, the yersiniabactin (Ybt) siderophore-dependent and Yfe …

Low molecular weight siderophores are used by many living organisms to scavenge
scarcely available ferric iron. Presence of at least a single siderophore-based iron …

Abstract In Yersinia pestis, the Yfe and Feo systems likely function to transport ferrous iron.
Both FeoA and FeoB are essential for iron acquisition activity while FeoC is not. Mutations in …

Iron acquisition in Yersinia pestis is fundamental to the success of plague pathogenesis. We
have previously identified an≈ 5.6 kb region (yfe) of Y. pestis genomic DNA, capable of …

In Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, two inorganic iron transport systems have
been partially characterized. The yersiniabactin (Ybt) system is a siderophore-dependent …

The genus Yersinia is part of the Enterobacteriaceae family and consists of environmental
species (Yersinia aldovae, Y. bercovieri, Y. frederiksenii, Y. intermedia, Y. kristensenii, Y …

Yersinia pestis is the aetiologic agent of plague. Without appropriate treatment, the
pathogen rapidly causes septicaemia, the terminal and fatal phase of the disease. In order to …

Abstract Background The Gram-negative bacterium Yersinia pestis is the causative agent of
the bubonic plague. Efficient iron acquisition systems are critical to the ability of Y. pestis to …

ABSTRACT The Yfe/Sit and Feo transport systems are important for the growth of a variety of
bacteria. In Yersinia pestis, single mutations in either yfe or feo result in reduced growth …