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. 2000 Aug;182(16):4394–4400. doi: 10.1128/jb.182.16.4394-4400.2000

TABLE 2.

Utilization of siderophores by RN6390 and H287

Siderophore Growth promotiona in:
RN6390 H287
Ferrichrome ++++
Aerobactin ++++
Desferal ++++
Rhodotorulic acid
Enterobactin ++++ ++++
2,3-DHBA ++++ ++++
Pyoverdine
Pyochelin
Cepabactin
RN6390 siderophore(s)b ++++ ++++
a

++++, very good growth promotion; −, no growth promotion. 

b

Uncharacterized siderophore(s) extracted from the culture supernatant of iron-starved RN6390.