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High-throughput Siderophore Screening from Environmental Samples: Plant Tissues, Bulk Soils, and Rhizosphere Soils
Published on: February 9, 2019
[The interchangeability of siderophores in the Enterococcus genus]
J Szarapińska-Kwaszewska1, J Mikucki
1Zakład Mikrobiologii Farmaceutycznej Katedry Mikrobiologii Akademii Medycznej w Łodzi.
Abstract:
The functional interchangeability of siderophores was tested among 62 strais belonging to 12 species of genus Enterococcus. Most investigated strains were from E. faecalis and E. faecium species. The majority of examined enterococcal strains appeared highly resistant to EDDA (ethylene-di-amine-di-ortho-hydroxyphenylacetic acid), therefore the group of sensitive strains involved only 11 used as indicator strains. The determination of interchangeability of siderophores within enterococcal strains was performed using EDDA-agar media into which the indicator strains were included. Test colonies (donor strains) were applied to the surface of the media to determine whether the indicator organisms could obtain the required iron for growth by utilizing chelators from the test colony. Only two strains: E. solitarius DSM 5634 and E. pseudoavium DSM 5632 did not demonstrate the ability to utilize siderophores synthesized by all investigated strains. The other tested indicator strains appeared to be recipients of siderophores from 20-52 donor enterococcal strains. The ability to exchange siderophores in enterococci was found as the feature characterizing individual strains.
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