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Microorganisms adopt a unique mechanism for sequestration and transport of bound iron by producing iron-chelating molecules called siderophores. Siderophores play an important role in colonization of microbes in iron-deficient sites of the host, hence ...
Kumar Gulshan +3 more
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Background Bacterial siderophores are chelating compounds with the potential of application in agriculture, due to their plant growth-promoting (PGP) properties, however, high production and purification costs are limiting factors for their wider ...
M. Musialowski +4 more
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Bacterial Siderophores: Structure, Functions, and Role in the Pathogenesis of Infections
This review systematizes and analyzes the data published over the past decade, devoted to the study of low-molecular-weight high affinity iron chelators – siderophores.
D. A. Kuznetsova +2 more
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Assay of Serum Iron and TIBC: A Preliminary Study for Survey Shortlisting Suspected Tuberculosis Patients [PDF]
Aim: Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) growing within the phagosome of macrophases secretes siderophores, a small molecule having a high affinity for Fe+3 iron, to take up iron-loaded mycobactin (MBT) and carboxymycobactin (CMBT) from the environment to ...
Dipak Kumar Chattopadhyay
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Role of catecholate siderophores in gram-negative bacterial colonization of the mouse gut [PDF]
We investigated the importance of the production of catecholate siderophores, and the utilization of their iron (III) complexes, to colonization of the mouse intestinal tract by Escherichia coli.
Jordan, Lorne +32 more
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Biosynthesis Pathways, Transport Mechanisms and Biotechnological Applications of Fungal Siderophores
Iron (Fe) is the fourth most abundant element on earth and represents an essential nutrient for life. As a fundamental mineral element for cell growth and development, iron is available for uptake as ferric ions, which are usually oxidized into complex ...
Lorenzo Pecoraro +8 more
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Hydroxamate siderophores of Scedosporium apiospermum [PDF]
Scedosporium apiospermum is an emerging pathogen colonizing the airways of patients with cystic fibrosis and causing severe infections in immunocompromised hosts.
P. Richomme +11 more
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Siderophores are low molecular weight high affinity iron chelates found at low concentrations in seawater. In this study we determined the total concentrations and identities of siderophores in extracts isolated from a shelf sea environment on the ...
Martha Gledhill +4 more
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C-diazeniumdiolate siderophores: structures, photoreactivity, and biosynthesis [PDF]
Iron is essential to nearly all forms of life, but is predominantly insoluble under aerobic conditions at physiological pH, reducing its bioavailability.
Makris, Christina
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Siderophores and iron transport
Siderophores are low-molecular-weight organic compounds produced by bacteria and fungi for Fe(III) supply. Bacteria and fungi biosynthesize siderophores in response to low iron, which are released into the local environment to sequester Fe(III) to form a
Codd, Rachel
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