Microorganisms have to cope with restricted iron bioavailability in most environmental
habitats as well as during host colonization. The continuous struggle for iron has brought …

Iron is a versatile redox-active catalyst and a required cofactor within a diverse array of
biological processes. To almost all organisms, iron is both essential and potentially toxic …

Preface. Iron is considered to be a minor element employed, in a variety of forms, by nearly
all living organisms. In some cases, it is utilised in large quantities, for instance for the …

Iron is an essential micronutrient, and, in the case of bacteria, its availability is commonly a
growth-limiting factor. However, correct functioning of cells requires that the labile pool of …

The vast majority of bacteria require iron for growth. 1, 2 Iron is an essential element
required for key biological processes, including amino acid synthesis, oxygen transport …

Siderophores are structurally diverse, complex natural products that bind metals with
extraordinary specificity and affinity. The acquisition of iron is critical for the survival and …

Iron is essential to virtually all organisms, but poses problems of toxicity and poor solubility.
Bacteria have evolved various mechanisms to counter the problems imposed by their iron …

It is common for bacteria to produce chemically diverse sets of small Fe-binding molecules
called siderophores. Studies of siderophore bioinorganic chemistry have firmly established …

Bacteria that reside in animal tissues and/or cells must acquire iron from their host. However,
almost all of the host iron is sequestered in iron-containing compounds and proteins, the …

▪ Abstract Iron is an essential element for most organisms, including bacteria. The oxidized
form is insoluble, and the reduced form is highly toxic for most macromolecules and, in …