title: Ferribactins as the biosynthetic precursors of the Pseudomonas siderophores pyoverdins.
abstract: By a feeding experiment with a 15N-labelled precursor it is shown that ferribactins are transformed into pyoverdins and thus are their biogenetic precursors.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Organische Chemie der Universität zu Köln, Germany.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hohlneicher
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schäfer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fuchs
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Budzikiewicz
mesh_terms: D015394:Molecular Structure; D009587:Nitrogen Isotopes; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000378:metabolism*; D010860:Pigments, Biological / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000378:metabolism*; D017262:Siderophores / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D009587:Nitrogen Isotopes; D009842:Oligopeptides; D010860:Pigments, Biological; D017262:Siderophores; C042453:pyoverdin