Detection of Iron Chelates from Cyanobacteria

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt

2 Geenetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Institute (GEBRI), Sadat City University, Sadat City, Egypt

Abstract

Four axenic cultures of cyanobacteria, Synechococcus mundulus, Oscillatoria lemnitica and Arthrospira platensis,  Nostoc carneum were investigated for the production of siderophores. These cyanobacterial isolates were grown in low iron concentration for inducing siderophore production into the nutrient medium using the Chrome Azoral Sulphonate(CAS) agar universal test plates. The maximum siderophores production was recorded for Synechococcus nidulans (73.8 %).

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