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03/12/2023
25/09/2023

Microbiology Monday: Microbes and metals edition! Microbes need metals like zinc and copper to survive. However, too much metal can be detrimental—a property the host can use to its advantage.

For example, Staphylococcus aureus secretes the metallophore, staphylopine, to acquire zinc in zinc-limited host environments. However, doing so also facilitates bacterial uptake of copper, which increases S. aureus susceptibility to host-mediated copper stress.

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