acquisition of nutrients from host iron acquisition from host https://github.com/geneontology/go-ontology/issues/17896 GO:0044847 iron acquisition GO:0052099 The process by which a symbiont acquires iron from its host, either from heme or other iron containing molecules such as transferrin and lactoferrin. Begins with either the secretion of symbiont gene products that bind iron- or heme-containing molecules (siderophores and hemophores) from the symbiont cell into the host, or by expression of receptors that bind iron- or heme-containing molecules on the symbiont cell surface. Ends when the iron-containing compound is transported into the symbiont cell. biological_process Reactome:R-HSA-9638482 jl 2014-05-13T13:40:59Z acquisition by symbiont of nutrients from host via siderophores heme acquisition acquisition by organism of nutrients from host via siderophores iron acquisition by symbiont from host heme iron acquisition by symbiont from host