A suite of citrate-derived siderophores from a marine Vibrio species isolated following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

TitleA suite of citrate-derived siderophores from a marine Vibrio species isolated following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2012
AuthorsGauglitz JM, Zhou H, Butler A
JournalJ Inorg Biochem
Volume107
Issue1
Pagination90-5
Date Published2012 Feb
ISSN1873-3344
KeywordsChromatography, High Pressure Liquid, Gulf of Mexico, Molecular Structure, Petroleum Pollution, Phylogeny, Ribosome Subunits, Small, Bacterial, Seawater, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Siderophores, Surface-Active Agents, Tandem Mass Spectrometry, Vibrio
Abstract

Nearly all microbes require iron for growth. The low concentration of iron found in the ocean makes iron acquisition a particularly difficult task. In response to these low iron conditions, many bacteria produce low-molecular-weight iron-binding molecules called siderophores to aid in iron uptake. We report herein the isolation and structural characterization of a suite of amphiphilic siderophores called the ochrobactins-OH, which are produced by a Vibrio species isolated from the Gulf of Mexico after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The citrate-based ochrobactins-OH are derivatives of aerobactin, replacing the acetyl groups with fatty acid appendages ranging in size from C8 to C12, and are distinctly different from the ochrobactins in that the fatty acid appendages are hydroxylated rather than unsaturated. The discovery of the marine amphiphilic ochrobactin-OH suite of siderophores increases the geographic and phylogenetic diversity of siderophore-producing bacteria.

DOI10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2011.10.013
Alternate JournalJ. Inorg. Biochem.
PubMed ID22178670
PubMed Central IDPMC3477609
Grant ListGM38130 / GM / NIGMS NIH HHS / United States
R01 GM038130 / GM / NIGMS NIH HHS / United States