[Enterobacterial sensitivity to colicins in the presence of enterochelin].

The correlation between the colicine resistance of the reference and isolated strains of enterobacteria and their capacity for the biosynthesis of enterocheline, as well as the influence of exogenous enterocheline on the colicine sensitivity of enterobacteria were studied. In the wild strains of enterobacteria sensitivity to colicines was shown to have no correlation with capacity for the accumulation of catechol-type sideriphores. In some cases exogenous enterocheline prevents the lethal effect of colicines on the cultures of microorganisms capable of the biosynthesis of enterocheline.

[Formation of iron-binding metabolites by bacteria of the Enterobacteriaceae family].

The capacity of Enterobacteriaceae strains cultivated in a synthetic medium for the biosynthesis of catechols and hydroxamates has been studied. Among the strains under study all strains of the genera Salmonella (8 strains), Escherichia (102 strains), Citrobacter (5 strains), Enterobacter (2 strains), Serratia (1 strain) synthesize catechols. In the genus Shigella (128 strains) all Sh.