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The ectomycorrhizal fungus Cenococcum geophilum was grown in low-iron medium and the excreted siderophores were extracted, purified and analyzed by HPLC. The principal hydroxamate siderophore produced, was identified as ferricrocin as confirmed by analytical HPLC, FAB-mass spectrometry and 1H- and 13C-NMR spectra. Although the occurrence of ferricrocin has been shown earlier to occur in the ericoid mycorrhizal fungi, this is the first report of ferricrocin in a true ectomycorrhizal fungus which is taxonomically related to the ascomycetes.
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Haselwandter, K., Winkelmann, G. Ferricrocin - an ectomycorrhizal siderophore of Cenococcum geophilum. Biometals 15, 73–77 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013188823076
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