Erratum in:- Microbiologica 1994 Apr;17(2):167.
Effect of ethylenediamine di-o-hydroxyphenylacetic acid and transferrin on the growth of some bacterial strains in vitro.
Salamah AA.
Botany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The ability of some bacterial strains to obtain iron from ethylenediamine di-o-hydroxyphenylacetic acid (EDDA) or iron-free transferrin, and accordingly grow in their presence, was studied. Growth of Staphylococcus aureus and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis was inhibited by EDDA or by iron-free transferrin. Growth of Streptococcus faecalis, however, was inhibited by iron-free transferrin, but not by EDDA. The other bacterial strains, i.e.; Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhimurium and Shigella dysenteriae were able to grow both in the presence of EDDA or iron-free transferrin. All of the above bacterial strains grow in the presence of iron-saturated transferrin which was not able to bind the iron of the medium and accordingly left the iron of the medium available to them.
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