Lanthanide biochemistry—A surprise around every corner: lanthanides as biologically
essential metals. This statement was until recently, unthinkable. This minireview presents …

To maintain iron homeostasis, fungi have to balance iron acquisition, storage, and utilization
to ensure sufficient supply and to avoid toxic excess of this essential trace element. As …

Iron is an essential nutrient for bacterial growth, replication, and metabolism. Humans store
iron bound to various proteins such as hemoglobin, haptoglobin, transferrin, ferritin, and …

In this study, siderophore production by various bacteria amongst the plant-growth-
promoting rhizobacteria was quantified by a rapid and efficient method. In total, 23 …

Although metals are essential for the molecular machineries of life, systematic methods for
discovering metal–small molecule complexes from biological samples are limited. Here, we …

Microbial inoculants may be called magical bullets because they are small in size but have a
huge impact on plant life and humans. The screening of these beneficial microbes will give …

Competition shapes evolution. Toxic metals and metalloids have exerted selective pressure
on life since the rise of the first organisms on the Earth, which has led to the evolution and …

Lanthanides and actinides are elements of ever-increasing technological importance in the
modern world. However, the similar chemical and physical properties within these groups …

Catechols are found as functional groups in Nature as the 3, 4-dihydroxy isomer, generally
with electron donating substituents and as the 2, 3-dihydroxy isomer, with an electron …

Almost all life forms depend on iron as an essential micronutrient that is needed for electron
transport and metabolic processes. Siderophores are low-molecular-weight iron chelators …