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Free iron ions promote GBS biofilm formation. Apo-lactoferrin binds iron and inhibits biofilm formation and GBS growth via iron sequestration in a process termed, “nutritional immunity”. Apo-lactoferrin binds iron and inhibits GBS adherence to gestational membranes. Both holo- and apo-lactoferrin have the capacity to repress GBS viability.
