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 …

Siderophores are iron‐chelating molecules produced by bacteria to access iron, a key
nutrient. These compounds have highly diverse chemical structures, with various chelating …

Gram-negative bacteria are intrinsically resistant to many antibiotics. Species that have
acquired multidrug resistance and cause infections that are effectively untreatable present a …

Iron sequestration by host proteins contributes to the defence against bacterial pathogens,
which need iron for their metabolism and virulence. A Pseudomonas aeruginosa mutant …

Bacteria use small molecules called siderophores to scavenge iron. Siderophore-Fe3+
complexes are recognised by outer-membrane transporters and imported into the periplasm …

Metal uptake is vital for all living organisms. In metal scarce conditions a common bacterial
strategy consists in the biosynthesis of metallophores, their export in the extracellular …

Most microbial pathogens have a metabolic iron requirement, necessitating the acquisition
of this nutrient in the host. In response to pathogen invasion, the human host limits iron …

Siderophores are iron chelators produced by bacteria to access iron, an essential nutriment.
Pyoverdine (PVDI), the major siderophore produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 …

The global rise of antibiotic resistance calls for new drugs against bacterial pathogens. A
common approach is to search for natural compounds deployed by microbes to inhibit …

Iron is an essential nutrient for bacterial growth and the cause of a fierce battle between the
pathogen and host during infection. Bacteria have developed several strategies to access …