Almost all life forms depend on iron as an essential micronutrient that is needed for electron
transport and metabolic processes. Siderophores are low-molecular-weight iron chelators …

Covering: 1950 up to the end of 2009 Siderophores are compounds produced by bacteria,
fungi and graminaceous plants for scavenging iron from the environment. They are low …

Siderophores are secondary metabolites produced by different organisms in order to
scavenge iron from their surrounding environment making this essential element available …

Siderophores are small molecules that are produced and secreted by micro-organisms in
order to mediate the uptake of essential Fe (III) into the cell. This chapter provides a concise …

Highlights•Siderophores are often small molecule natural products.•The defining
characteristic of this compound class is metal chelation.•Siderophores are typically the …

Siderophores are low-molecular-weight secondary metabolites that function as iron
chelators. Under iron-deficiency conditions, they are produced by a wide variety of microbes …

Siderophores, the secondary metabolite of various microorganisms are ferric ion specific
chelators secreted under iron stressed condition. These non-ribosomal peptides have been …

Siderophores are organic compounds with low molecular masses that are produced by
microorganisms and plants growing under low iron conditions. The primary function of these …

Siderophores are low-molecular-weight iron chelators that are produced and exported by
bacteria, fungi and plants during periods of nutrient deprivation. The structures, biosynthetic …

The literature survey presented in this review shows that the knowledge regarding the
structure of various siderophores and the presence of microbial membrane receptors that …