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Table 14.1
List of different types of siderophore produced by different groups of microbes
Type of siderophore
Siderophore-producing microbial cell
Name of siderophore References
Hydroxamate type
characteristics:
• hydroxamate belongs to
C(= O)N-(OH)R
• -R: is an amino acid
• hydroxamate siderophore
forms a complex of
hexadentate octahedral
structure with Fe 3+
form
(A) Bacteria
Erwinia, Nocardia, Streptomyces, Arthrobacter, Chromobacterium
and
Pseudomonas
ferrioxamines
Winkelmann (2007)
Pseudomonas fluorescens
Ferribactin
Maurer and
Keller-Schierlein (1968)
Escherichia coli
Unknown
Kannahi and Senbagam
(2014)
Pseudomonas putida
Unknown
Sayyed et al. (2005)
Micrococcus luteus
Unknown
Cabaj and Kosakowska
(2009)
Streptomyces coelicolor
Desferrioxamine
Saharan and Nehra
(2011)
(B) Fungi
Ustilago sphaerogena
Ferrichromes)
Emery (1971)
Aspergillus fumigates
Ferricrocin
Wallner et al. (2009)
Trichoderma
sp
Coprogens
Diekmann and Zahner
(1967)
Fusarium
sp
Fusigen
Diekmann and Zahner
(1967)
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