A major challenge facing agriculture in the 21st century is the need to increase the
productivity of cultivated land while reducing the environmentally harmful consequences of …

Environmental fluctuations affect distribution, growth and abundance of diatoms in nature,
with iron (Fe) availability playing a central role. Studies on the response of diatoms to low Fe …

Innovative strategies are needed to address the current lack of clinically available antifungal
drugs and for diagnostic techniques.'Repurposing'of antifungal drugs, similar to techniques …

Siderophores are low-molecular-weight chemicals that are secreted by many
microorganisms to chelate iron from the external environment in order to facilitate their …

Burkholderia pseudomallei is the bacterium that causes melioidosis in humans. While B.
pseudomallei is known to be endemic in South East Asia (SEA), the occurrence of the …

Abstract Background Diazotrophic (nitrogen-fixing) Gram-positive and endospore-formed
Paenibacillus spp. have potential uses as a bacterial fertilizer in agriculture. The …

Siderophores, such as enterobactin (Ent), are small molecules that can be selectively
imported into bacteria along with iron by cognate transporters. Siderophore conjugates are …

Abstract Background The Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011 triggered large tsunami
waves, which flooded broad areas of land along the Pacific coast of eastern Japan and …

In the pursuit of sustainable agriculture, bioinoculants usage as providers of a crop's needs
is a method to limit environmental damage. In this study, a collection of cultivable putative …

Abstract The Escherichia coli Fec system, consisting of an outer membrane receptor (FecA),
a periplasmic substrate binding protein (FecB) and an inner membrane permease-ATPase …