title: A fast screening method for the identification of siderophores from fluorescent Pseudomonas spp. by liquid chromatography/electrospray mass spectrometry.
abstract: A screening method was developed for the fast identification of known pyoverdin-type siderophores produced by fluorescent Pseudomonas spp. It is based on reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography interfaced with electrospray ionization mass spectrometry of the Sep-Pak RP-C18 culture supernatant extracts. The siderophores of five bacterial strains were characterized by their molecular masses obtained from their doubly protonated molecular ions [M + 2H]2+ and their UV/visible spectra recorded with a diode-array detector. Additional structural information was gained by skimmer collision-induced dissociation experiments. For all strains new minor siderophores were found. A table of fully or partially identified pyoverdins and related siderophores is provided which will be the basis for screening studies.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität zu Köln, Cologne, Germany.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kilz
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lenz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fuchs
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Budzikiewicz
mesh_terms: D002853:Chromatography, Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000737:chemistry*; D017262:Siderophores / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D017262:Siderophores