I want to know how many different types of siderophore there are. I am also searching for some good publication in the relevant subject.
Are you referring to bacterial siderophores or plant phytosiderophores? The bacterial siderophores are different types according to their function, namely carboxylates, hydroxamates, phenol catecholates, and pyoverdines. You can refer to this book chapter "Microbial Siderophores in the Plant Rhizosphere" by David E. Crowley for more detail information
You can find lot of literature on siderophores on internet.....
pyochelin, pyocyanin, pyoverdine are some of the microbial siderophores...
Just go through manuscript attached below... and find the cited references... I think it will be useful to you.....
there are three type of siderophores catecholate, hydroxamate and carboxylate
There are over 500 known molecules which fall under the definition of siderophore. For microbial siderophores in particular here is a good resource:
http://bertrandsamuel.free.fr/siderophore_base/siderophores.php
There are several reviews on the subject which are excellent. See Nat. Prod. Rep., 2010, 27, 637–657.
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Interesting question Madhusmita. 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 compounds is to chelate the ferric iron [Fe(III)] from different terrestrial and aquatic habitats and thereby make it available for microbial and plant cells. Siderophores have received much attention in recent years because of their potential roles and applications in various areas of environmental research. Their significance in these applications is because siderophores have the ability to bind a variety of metals in addition to iron, and they have a wide range of chemical structures and specific properties. For instance, siderophores function as biocontrols, biosensors, and bioremediation and chelation agents, in addition to their important role in weathering soil minerals and enhancing plant growth.Most of the bacterial siderophores are catecholates (i.e. enterobactin), and some are carboxylates (i.e. rhizobactin) and hydroxamates (i.e. ferrioxamine B) . However, there are also certain types of bacterial siderophores that contain a mix of the main functional groups (i.e. pyoverdine) . One of the most common fungal siderophores is hydroxamates belonging to the ferrichrome family (i.e. ferrichrome), which is further divided into five groups, depending on the side chain of the hydroxamate functional group .Source : Siderophores in environmental research: roles and applications,Microb Biotechnol. 2014 May; 7(3): 196–208.
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