title: Taste for blood: hemoglobin as a nutrient source for pathogens.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: Gleb
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pishchany
authors.forename: Eric P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Skaar
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism*; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism*; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism; D010961:Plasmodium / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins; D007501:Iron