Metabolism is one of the strongest drivers of interkingdom interactions—including those
between microorganisms and their multicellular hosts. Traditionally thought to fuel energy …

Cancer is often accompanied by worsening of the patient's iron profile, and the resulting
anemia could be a factor that negatively impacts antineoplastic treatment efficacy and …

The importance of memory in bacterial decision-making is relatively unexplored. We show
here that a prior experience of swarming is remembered when Escherichia coli encounters a …

The development of novel drugs against Gram-negative bacteria represents an urgent
medical need. To overcome their outer cell membrane, we synthesized conjugates of …

Environmental microbes frequently live in multispecies biofilms where mutualistic
relationships and co-evolution may occur, defining spatial organization for member species …

In modern medicine, major attention has been paid to superparamagnetic iron oxide
nanoparticles (SPIONs). Recent studies have shown the antibacterial properties of SPIONs …

Artificial metalloenzymes that contain protein-anchored synthetic catalysts are attracting
increasing interest. An exciting, but still unrealized advantage of non-covalent anchoring is …

Iron acquisition is an essential aspect of cell physiology for most bacteria. Although much is
known about how bacteria initially recognize the various iron sources they can encounter …

Upon bacterial infection, one of the defense mechanisms of the host is the withdrawal of
essential metal ions, in particular iron, which leads to “nutritional immunity”. However …

Technologies to improve the applicability of artificial metalloenzymes (ArMs) are gaining
considerable interest; one such approach is the immobilization of these biohybrid catalysts …