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Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain PAO1, growing in low-iron medium, produces two siderophores, pyochelin and pyoverdin, in massive bursts as the culture shifts from logarithmic phase to stationary phase. Two medium components, oxygen and iron, prolonged the logarithmic phase when they were added to the medium. Oxygen and iron appeared to be in demand during this period because, as heme synthesis increased in response to the low oxygen concentration in the medium, a situation resulting from the high density of bacteria present in the medium during late log phase, the iron content of the bacteria decreased. These phenomena resulted in the production of massive amounts of siderophores late in the log phase to supply iron for the increased heme synthesis.
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Cox, C.D. Relationship between oxygen and siderophore synthesis inPseudomonas aeruginosa . Current Microbiology 14, 19–23 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01568096
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