title: Ferricrocin--an ectomycorrhizal siderophore of Cenococcum geophilum.
abstract: The ectomycorrhizal fungus Cenococcum geophilum was grown in low-iron medium and the excreted siderophores were extracted, purified and analyzed by HPLC. The principal hydroxamate siderophore produced, was identified as ferricrocin as confirmed by analytical HPLC, FAB-mass spectrometry and 1H- and 13C-NMR spectra. Although the occurrence of ferricrocin has been shown earlier to occur in the ericoid mycorrhizal fungi, this is the first report of ferricrocin in a true ectomycorrhizal fungus which is taxonomically related to the ascomycetes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck, Austria. Kurt.Haselwandter@uibk.ac.at
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Haselwandter
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Winkelmann
mesh_terms: D001203:Ascomycota / Q000737:chemistry*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D005291:Ferrichrome / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D016339:Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment
chemical_list: D005291:Ferrichrome; C021678:ferricrocin