Cell wall iron transporting growth factor from Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

One of a series of iron(III) chelating compounds produced by most species of Mycobacteria which act as growth factors.

Isolated from Bacillus cereus; composed of aspartic acid, serine, glutamic acid, leucine, tyrosine, proline and an unknown amino acid in a ratio of 2:1:1:1:1:1:1.

Found in sputum of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.

Russian drug; from Streptoverticillium mycoheptinicum.

Long fatty acids found in the CELL WALLS of some ACTINOBACTERIA, including MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS.