THE EFFECT OF WATERLOGGING ON THE QUANTITY OF MICROBIAL IRON CHELATORS (SIDEROPHORES) IN SOIL

31 July 1981

journal article
research article
Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Soil Science

Vol. 132 (2) , 150-152
https://doi.org/10.1097/00010694-198108000-00004

Abstract

Waterlogged and nonwaterlogged soil samples were tested for the presence of iron chelators, using a siderophore-requiring strain of Salmonella typhimurium. Large quantities of chelators were found in all nonwaterlogged soil samples, though subsurface, anaerobic, waterlogged soils showed either no evidence or significantly lower quantities of chelators that could function in S. typhimurium.

Keywords

IRON