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A total of 237 strains of staphylococci belonging to 27 species were tested for susceptibility to natural and synthetic iron - chelators. Coagulase - negative staphylococci were much more susceptible than coagulase - positive ones: 82 out of 148 coagulase - negative strains were susceptible to desferrioxamine B, rhodotorulic acid and ovotransferrin and 7 out of 89 coagulase - positive strains. A correlation between the susceptibility to iron - chelators species affiliation and the origin of strain was not found.