title: Retracted: A catechol type siderophore, bacillibactin: biosynthesis, regulation and transport in Bacillus subtilis.
abstract: Retraction: The following article from the Journal of Basic Microbiology, "A catechol type siderophore, bacillibactin: biosynthesis, regulation and transport in Bacillus subtilis" by Waseem Raza, Hongsheng Wu, Muhammad Ali Abdullah Shah and Qirong Shen, published online on 11 September 2008 in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com), has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal Editor-in-Chief, Erika Kothe, and the publisher Wiley-VCH. The retraction has been agreed due to substantial overlap of the content of this article with previously published articles in other journals.The Journal of Basic Microbiology apologises to our readership.
authors.affiliation: College of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agriculture University, Nanjing, China.
authors.forename: Waseem
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Raza
authors.forename: Hongsheng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Muhammad Ali Abdullah
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Qirong
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Shen