Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: The low iron molecules produced from various sources are the siderophores.These are taken up by bacteria to help their process of iron uptake which is necessary for all microbes to obtain environmental iron indeed for important processes.In the present study, siderophore production by bacteria present in the coastal waters of Parangipettai was analyzed.Among the total of 40 isolates obtained, only five were able to produce siderophores by the CAS agar plate assay method.The production of an orange or a yellow hallow zone around a colony indicated that it is a siderophore producer.The present study provides a detailed protocol to prepare the CAS agar without any difficulty.
Authors: K. Srimathi, H. Ann Suji
Institution: Annamalai University
Language: English
Subfield: Genetics
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2991636621