EFFECT OF IRON-LIMITING CONDITIONS ON GROWTH OF CLINICAL ISOLATES OF ACINETOBACTER-BAUMANNII

Authors
ACTIS LA TOLMASKY ME CROSA LM CROSA JH
Citation
La. Actis et al., EFFECT OF IRON-LIMITING CONDITIONS ON GROWTH OF CLINICAL ISOLATES OF ACINETOBACTER-BAUMANNII, Journal of clinical microbiology, 31(10), 1993, pp. 2812-2815
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
31
Issue
10
Year of publication
1993
Pages
2812 - 2815
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1993)31:10<2812:EOICOG>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Different clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii, typed by plasm id profile, were able to grow in iron-chelated medium by secreting iro n-regulated siderophores. This iron-scavenging phenotype was associate d with the production of iron-repressible catechol. Siderophore utiliz ation bioassays showed the presence of 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid in th e growth medium, and neither enterobactin nor aerobactin was detected in culture supernatants obtained under iron-deficient conditions.