The occurrence of carboxymycobactin, the siderophore of pathogenic mycobacteria, as a second extracellular siderophore in Mycobacterium smegmatis

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2207-2212

  Ratledge, Colin ^a   Ewing, Maureen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carboxymycobactin; Exochelin; Iron; Mycobacterium smegmatis; Mycobactin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBOXYLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; IRON; PENTAPEPTIDE; SIDEROPHORE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS;

EID: 0029839633     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-8-2207     Document Type: Article

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