Harnessing the toxicity of dysregulated iron uptake for killing <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>: reality or mirage?
Nalin Abeydeera, Bing Yu, Bishnu D. Pant, Min‐Ho Kim, Songping D. Huang
Abstract
Iron—a double-edged sword in biology! The naturally-occuring lipophilic Fe( iii )-chelator hinokitiol allows for harnessing dysregulated iron uptake to kill Staphylococcus aureus bacteria.
Topics & Concepts
Staphylococcus aureusToxicityChemistryMicrobiologyBacteriaBiologyGeneticsOrganic chemistryClostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens researchAntimicrobial Resistance in StaphylococcusBacterial biofilms and quorum sensing