SOME PROPERTIES OF PYOVERDINE, THE WATER-SOLUBLE FLUORESCENT PIGMENT OF THE PSEUDOMONADS
SOME PROPERTIES OF PYOVERDINE, THE WATER-SOLUBLE FLUORESCENT PIGMENT OF THE PSEUDOMONADS
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10.1128/aem.6.4.241-246.1958
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1958-01-01
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ELLIOTT, RP
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ELLIOTT, RP
The term pyoverdine" (P) is recalled as the 1st definitive term for this pigment, whereas the terms "fluorescin" and "fluorescein", as P is often called, are synonymous with the unrelated chemicals resorcinolphthalin and resorcinolphthalein, respectively. A crude preparation of P would not crystallize and had no precise melting point. It has a strong absorption peak at 404-412 mu, and fluorescence emission peaks varying with pH from about 450 mu to 550 mu. P is a reversible pH indicator. It contains no free riboflavin. Fluorescence and absorption are proportional to concentration. P formation requires oxygen. Formation ceased in spoiling whole egg meat medium when the oxidation-reduction potential dropped to -0.3 volts. Ultraviolet light causes P to break down, but visible light does not; however, it will break down even in the dark if stored several weeks. It has no antibiotic activity against Micrococcus pyogenes var. aureus or Escherichia coli. A strain of Pseudomonas fluorescens produced blue fluorescent shell eggs consistently, and low quantities of P, whereas a strain of Pseudomonas ovalis produced yellow-green fluorescent shell eggs consistently and high quantities of P. Low concentrations of P are blue under long wave UV light, whereas high concentrations are yellow-green.