Structure proposal for a new pyoverdin from a Thai Pseudomonas putida strain

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Ruangviriyachai, Chalerm | Uría Fernández, Diana | Schäfer, Mathias | Budzikiewicz, Herbert^;

Affiliations: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand | Institut für Organische Chemie der Universität zu Köln, Greinstr. 4, 50939 Köln, Germany

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Abstract: From a Thai Pseudomonas putida strain a pyoverdin was isolated whose primary structure was deduced from its mass spectrometric fragmentation pattern. It belongs to the smallest representatives of this group of siderophores comprising only six amino acids.

Keywords: Pseudomonas putida, pyoverdin, siderophore

Journal: Spectroscopy, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 453-458, 2004