SIDEROPHORE PRODUCTION AND IRON-REGULATED ENVELOPE PROTEINS OF HELICOBACTER-PYLORI

Authors
ILLINGWORTH DS WALTER KS GRIFFITHS PL BARCLAY R
Citation
Ds. Illingworth et al., SIDEROPHORE PRODUCTION AND IRON-REGULATED ENVELOPE PROTEINS OF HELICOBACTER-PYLORI, Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie, 280(1-2), 1993, pp. 113-119
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,Virology
Journal title
Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie → ACNP
ISSN journal
09348840
Volume
280
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
113 - 119
Database
ISI
SICI code
0934-8840(1993)280:1-2<113:SPAIEP>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
All Helicobacter pylori strains tested produced extracellular sideroph ores, detected by a modified Universal Detection medium10, but growth on this medium was poor. By using the iron chelating compound, 2,2'-di pyridyl, outer membrane proteins of 78 and 40 kDa were detected in som e, but not all strains examined. No direct binding of lactoferrin or t ransferrin (the mechanism used by Neisseria to obtain iron) could be d emonstrated for H. pylori. Some other techniques for the study of iron -limitation on bacteria were found to be unsuitable for H. pylori.