C. Nakamura et al., CHARACTERIZATION OF IRON UPTAKE IN THE MAGNETIC BACTERIUM AQUASPIRILLUM SP AMB-1, Applied biochemistry and biotechnology, 39, 1993, pp. 169-176
The aim of this work is to elucidate the iron uptake mechanism in the
magnetic bacterium Aquaspirillum sp. AMB-1, which can utilize a wide v
ariety of iron chelates. However, no siderophore could be detected in
spent culture. A 400-bp DNA fragment was amplified by polymerase chain
reaction (PCR) from the genomic DNA of AMB-1, using primers designed
from the sfuC gene of Serratia marcescens. This gene encodes a nucleot
ide binding protein in the periplasmic binding protein (PBP) dependent
iron transport system. The amplified fragment was homologous with the
conserved sequence of sfuC. Our results suggest that a nucleotide bin
ding protein mediated iron transport system similar to that observed i
n Serratia marcescens is present in Aquaspirillum sp. AMB-1.