Iron acquisition strategies in pseudomonads: mechanisms, ecology, and evolution

R Kümmerli - Biometals, 2023 - Springer
Iron is important for bacterial growth and survival, as it is a common co-factor in essential
enzymes. Although iron is very abundant in the earth crust, its bioavailability is low in most …

Iron acquisition by a commensal bacterium modifies host nutritional immunity during Salmonella infection

L Spiga, RT Fansler, YR Perera, NG Shealy… - Cell Host & Microbe, 2023 - cell.com
During intestinal inflammation, host nutritional immunity starves microbes of essential
micronutrients, such as iron. Pathogens scavenge iron using siderophores, including …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa FpvB is a high-affinity transporter for xenosiderophores ferrichrome and ferrioxamine B

DCK Chan, LL Burrows - Mbio, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Iron is essential for many biological functions in bacteria, but its poor solubility is a limiting
factor for growth. Bacteria produce siderophores, soluble natural products that bind iron with …

Plant-derived catechols are substrates of TonB-dependent transporters and sensitize Pseudomonas aeruginosa to siderophore-drug conjugates

A Luscher, V Gasser, D Bumann, GLA Mislin, IJ Schalk… - MBio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen responsible for acute and chronic
infections in immunocompromised hosts. This organism is known to compete efficiently …

Phylogenomics of novel clones of Aeromonas veronii recovered from a freshwater lake reveals unique biosynthetic gene clusters

OU Lawal, N Bryan, VR Parreira… - Microbiology …, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Aquatic ecosystems serve as crucial reservoirs for pathogens and antimicrobial resistance
genes, thus presenting a significant global health risk. Here, we investigated the …

A-to-I mRNA Editing in a Ferric Siderophore Receptor Improves Competition for Iron in Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola

W Nie, S Wang, J Huang, Q Xu, P Wang… - Microbiology …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Iron is an essential element for the growth and survival of pathogenic bacteria; however, it is
not fully understood how bacteria sense and respond to iron deficiency or excess. In this …