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SUBMITTER: D'Onofrio A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2895992 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
D'Onofrio Anthony A Crawford Jason M JM Stewart Eric J EJ Witt Kathrin K Gavrish Ekaterina E Epstein Slava S Clardy Jon J Lewis Kim K
Chemistry & biology 20100301 3
The majority of bacterial species do not grow on synthetic media. Many non-growers require growth factors from other bacteria, but the nature of these compounds is largely unknown. We show here that previously uncultured isolates from marine sediment biofilm grow on a Petri dish in the presence of cultured organisms from the same environment. The growth factors produced by one cultured helper strain were identified as new acyl-desferrioxamine siderophores. A panel of previously uncultured isolat ...[more]