Bacteria, similar to most organisms, have a love–hate relationship with metals: a specific
metal may be essential for survival yet toxic in certain forms and concentrations. Metal ions …

Trace metals are essential micronutrients required for survival across all kingdoms of life.
From bacteria to animals, metals have critical roles as both structural and catalytic cofactors …

Transition metals are required trace elements for all forms of life. Due to their unique
inorganic and redox properties, transition metals serve as cofactors for enzymes and other …

Zinc (Zn) and copper (Cu) are essential for optimal innate immune function, and nutritional
deficiency in either metal leads to increased susceptibility to bacterial infection. Recently, the …

Chlorophyll (Chl) is a healthy green pigment that is very unstable. So, chlorophyll
microcapsules were fabricated using maltodextrin and whey protein isolate as carriers and …

Among the biologically required first row, late d-block metals from Mn II to Zn II, the catalytic
and structural reach of Zn II ensures that this essential micronutrient touches nearly every …

Highlights•Iron and manganese are withheld from the phagosome to inhibit bacterial
growth.•Excess copper and zinc are used to directly intoxicate intracellular …

Pathogen-host competition for manganese and intricate immunostimulatory pathways
severely attenuates the efficacy of antibacterial immunotherapy against biofilm infections …

The opportunistic fungal pathogen Candida albicans acquires essential metals from the
host, yet the host can sequester these micronutrients through a process known as nutritional …

All organisms must regulate the cellular uptake, efflux, and intracellular trafficking of
essential elements, including d-block metal ions. In bacteria, such regulation is achieved by …