Absence of siderophore-like activity in Legionella pneumophila supernatants

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1873-1875

  Liles, Mark R ^a   Cianciotto, Nicholas P ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIDEROPHORE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IRON TRANSPORT; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERNATANT;

EID: 0029872715     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.5.1873-1875.1996     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Dowling, J. N., A. K. Saha, and R. H. Glew. 1992. Virulence factors of the family Legionellaceae. Microbiol. Rev. 56:32-60.
2. Drechsel, H., A. Thicken, R. Reissbrodt, G. Jung, and G. Winkelmann. 1993. α-Keto acids are novel siderophores in the genera Proteus, Providencia, and Morganella and are produced by amino acid deaminases. J. Bacteriol. 175:2727-2733.
3. Edelstein, P. H. 1982. Comparative study of selective media for isolation of Legionella pneumophila from potable water. J. Clin Microbiol 16:697-699
4. Engleberg, N. C., D. J. Drutz, and B. I. Eisenstein. 1984. Cloning and expression of Legionella pneumophila antigens in Escherichia coli. Infect. Immun. 44:222-227.
5. Gaitonde, M. K. 1967. A spectrophotometric method for the direct determination of cysteine in the presence of other naturally occurring amino acids. Biochem. J. 104:627-633.
6. Goldoni, P., P. Visca, M. C. Pastoris, P. Valenti, and N. Orsi. 1991. Growth of Legionella spp. under conditions of iron restriction. J. Mod. Microbiol 34:113-118.
7. Guerinot, M. L., E. J. Meidl, and O. Plessner. 1990. Citrate as a siderophore in Bradyrhizobium japonicum. J Bacteriol 172:3298-3303.
8. Hickey, E. K., and N. P. Cianciotto. 1994. Cloning and sequencing of the Legionella pneumophila fur gene. Gene 143:117-121
9. Hodman, P. 1984. Bacterial physiology, p. 61-67. In C. Thornsberry, A. Balows, J. C. Feeley, and W. Jakubowski (ed.), Legionella. Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium. American Society for Microbiology, Washington. D.C.
10. Horwitz, M. A. 1992 Interactions between macrophages and Legionella pneumophila. Curr. Top. Microbiol. Immunol. 181:265-282.
11. Marra, A., and H. A. Shuman. 1992 Genetics of Legionella pneumophila virulence. Annu. Rev. Genet. 26:51-69
12. Neilands, J. B. 1989. Siderophore systems of bacteria and fungi, p. 141-163 In T. J. Beveridge and R. J Doyle (ed.), Metal ions and bacteria. John Wiley & Sons. New York
13. Ott, M. 1994. Genetic approaches to study Legionella pneumophila pathogenicity FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 14:161-176.
14. Pine, L., P. S. Hoffman, G. B. Malcolm, R. F. Benson, and M. J. Franzus. 1986. Role of keto acids and reduced-oxygen-scavenging enzymes in the growth of Legionella species. J. Clin. Microbiol. 23:33-42.
15. Poch, M. T., and W. Johnson. 1993. Ferric reductases of Legionella pneumophila Biometals 6:107-114.
16. Pope, C. D., W. A. O'Connell, and N. P. Cianciotto. 1996. Legionella pneumophila mutants that are defective for iron acquisition and assimilation and intracellular infection. Infect. Immun. 64:629-636.
17. Reeves, M. W., L. Pine, J. B. Neilands, and A. Balows. 1983. Absence of siderophore activity in Legionella species grown in iron-deficient media. J. Baeteriol. 154:324-329.
18. Schwyn, B., and J. B. Neilands. 1987. Universal chemical assay for the detection and determination of biderophores. Anal. Biochem. 160:47-56.
19. Warren, W. J., and R. D. Miller. 1979 Growth of Legionnaires disease bacterium (Legionella pneumophila) in chemically defined medium. J. Clin. Microbiol. 10:50-55.