Iron is one of the major limiting factors and essential nutrients of microbial life. Since in
nature it is not readily available in the preferred form, microorganisms produce small high …

High-affinity iron acquisition is mediated by siderophore-dependent pathways in the majority
of pathogenic and nonpathogenic bacteria and fungi. Considerable progress has been …

Plague is a widespread zoonotic disease that is caused by Yersinia pestis and has had
devastating effects on the human population throughout history. Disappearance of the …

The ArC/XylS family of prokaryotic positive transcriptional regulators includes more than 100
proteins and polypeptides derived from open reading frames translated from DNA …

The regulatory logic of siderophore biosynthetic genes in bacteria involves the universal
repressor Fur, which acts together with iron as a negative regulator. However in other …

Iron is an essential element for Escherichia, Salmonella, and Shigella species. The
acquisition of sufficient amounts of iron is difficult in many environments, including the …

Yersiniosis is a food‐borne illness that has become more prevalent in recent years due to
human transmission via the fecal‐oral route and prevalence in farm animals. Yersiniosis is …

Highly pathogenic Yersinia carry a pathogenicity island termed high-pathogenicity island
(HPI). The Yersinia HPI comprises genes involved in the synthesis of the siderophore …

Iron acquisition systems are essential for the in vivo growth of bacterial pathogens. Despite
the epidemiological importance of Klebsiella pneumoniae, few experiments have examined …

Yersinia enterocolitica is a heterogeneous group of strains, which are classified into 6
biogroups, and into more than 57 O serogroups. However, the human pathogenic strains …