Does E.coli affect the growth of Enterobacter aerogenes

[Elena Fabiano]

On Tue, 17 Jun 1997, MARK GRAHAM wrote:
> Why?  Does aerogens inhibit the growth of E.coli?  Does E.coli secrete
> something that encourages aerogenes to grow?  

Hi!
Some E.coli strains (harbouring Col V plasmid) synthetise aerobactin.
Aerobactin is a dihydroxamate siderophore originally isolated from
Enterobacter (or Aerobacter) aerogenes. May be in the media you are
using, this siderophore is expressed and this fact may explain your
observation.
Hope this help!
Elena

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