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. 1970 Oct;104(1):219–226. doi: 10.1128/jb.104.1.219-226.1970

Mutations Affecting Iron Transport in Escherichia coli

G B Cox 1, F Gibson 1, R K J Luke 1, N A Newton 1, I G O'Brien 1, H Rosenberg 1
PMCID: PMC248203  PMID: 4919746

Abstract

A mutant of Escherichia coli K-12 unable to form an essential component of the enterochelin-dependent iron transport system has been isolated. This strain carries a mutation in a gene designated fep, mapping close to two genes, entA and entD, concerned with enterochelin synthesis. Strain AN102, which carries the fep− allele, accumulates large quantities of enterochelin and gives a growth response to sodium citrate. The cytochrome b1 and total iron content, and the measurement of the uptake of 55Fe3+, indicate an impairment of the enterochelin-dependent iron transport system. The growth response to sodium citrate is related to the presence, in strain AN102, of an inducible citrate-dependent iron transport system.

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