Microbial siderophore-based iron assimilation and therapeutic applications

K Li, WH Chen, SD Bruner - Biometals, 2016 - Springer
… The acquisition of iron is critical for the survival and virulence of many pathogenic microbes
and diverse strategies have evolved to synthesize, import and utilize iron. There has been a …

Microaerobic Fe (II) oxidation coupled to carbon assimilation processes driven by microbes from paddy soil

X Li, S Mou, Y Chen, T Liu, J Dong, F Li - Science China Earth Sciences, 2019 - Springer
… The findings in this study suggest that microbes that couple microaerobic Fe(II) oxidation
to carbon assimilation existed in the paddy soil, which provides an insight into the iron-carbon …

Metagenomic analysis of Fe (II)-oxidizing bacteria for Fe (III) mineral formation and carbon assimilation under microoxic conditions in paddy soil

Y Chen, X Li, T Liu, F Li, W Sun, LY Young… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
… 2 tubes yielded maximum assimilation amounts of … iron substrates as a result of microbial
Fe(II) oxidation. Metagenomics analysis of the enriched microbes targeted genes encoding iron

Microaerobic iron oxidation and carbon assimilation and associated microbial community in paddy soil

Y Chen, X Li, T Liu, F Li - Acta Geochimica, 2017 - Springer
… The present study was designed to investigate the active CO 2 -assimilating microaerophilic
microbial community during carbon assimilation and Fe(II) oxidation in a typical paddy soil …

Iron pathways and iron chelation approaches in viral, microbial, and fungal infections

R Chhabra, A Saha, A Chamani, N Schneider, R Shah… - Pharmaceuticals, 2020 - mdpi.com
… their iron uptake pathways and/or use of iron chelators as a means to hinder development of
infections. This review will serve to assimilate findings regarding iron and … via iron chelation …

Functional mutants of Azospirillum brasilense elicit beneficial physiological and metabolic responses in Zea mays contributing to increased host iron assimilation

AB Housh, G Powell, S Scott, A Anstaett… - The ISME …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
… plants yielding a substantially lower background microbial count of 6.3 × 10 5 … iron
assimilation. The extent of colonization does not fully explain the actions here, and thus microbial

[HTML][HTML] Iron assimilation and utilization in anaerobic ammonium oxidizing bacteria

C Ferousi, S Lindhoud, F Baymann, B Kartal… - Current opinion in …, 2017 - Elsevier
… Despite the central role of iron in the anammox process, most aspects of iron in … iron
metabolism and protein systems that these microorganisms may use to assimilate and utilize iron. …

Microbial feedbacks optimize ocean iron availability

JM Lauderdale, R Braakman… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
… feedback between iron cycling, microbial activity, and ligand abundance: External iron
input fuels microbial production, creating organic ligands that support more iron in seawater, …

Reduction-dependent siderophore assimilation in a model pennate diatom

TH Coale, M Moosburner, A Horák… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
iron uptake may be discouraged in favor of carbonate-independent uptake. We report details
of an iron assimilation … impacts of climate change on microbial community structure in high-…

Siderophore-based microbial adaptations to iron scarcity across the eastern Pacific Ocean

RM Boiteau, DR Mende, NJ Hawco… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
… by microbes to bind iron in a form that can be assimilated via active membrane transporters.
Metagenomic surveys hint that homologs to known siderophore uptake genes are common …