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Magnesium, Copper and Cobalt

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Magnesium, copper and cobalt are essential micronutrients for Brucella strains, but relatively little is known about how the brucellae acquire the levels of these metals they need and avoid their toxicity. This chapter will review the information that is available in the literature and can be derived from surveys of currently available genome sequences regarding magnesium, copper and cobalt homeostasis in Brucella.

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    R. Martin Roop II, John E. Baumgartner, Joshua E. Pitzer & Daniel W. Martin

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Roop II, R.M., Baumgartner, J.E., Pitzer, J.E., Martin, D.W. (2017). Magnesium, Copper and Cobalt. In: Roop II, R., Caswell, C. (eds) Metals and the Biology and Virulence of Brucella. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53622-4_6

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