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ISOLATION during Ustilago sphaerogena fermentation of the crystalline ferric co-ordination compounds ferrichrome and ferrichrome A has been reported previously1,2. The formation of these and similar products as a function of the iron nutrition of microorganisms has been described3 and the available information relative to their structure and function has been reviewed4. The only member of this series which has been isolated, crystallized and characterized by synthesis is the substance produced by Bacillus subtilis, that is, the glycine conjugate of 2,3 dihydroxybenzoic acid5.
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EMERY, T., NEILANDS, J. The Iron-Binding Centre of Ferrichrome Compounds. Nature 184, 1632–1633 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1841632a0
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