Iron is a versatile redox-active catalyst and a required cofactor within a diverse array of
biological processes. To almost all organisms, iron is both essential and potentially toxic …

Bacillus species produce secondary metabolites that are the object of natural product
chemistry studies. The wide structural variability of these compounds has attracted the …

Covering: 1997 to 2023 The shikimate pathway is the metabolic process responsible for the
biosynthesis of the aromatic amino acids phenylalanine, tyrosine, and tryptophan. Seven …

Bacillus anthracis is a member of the Bacillus cereus group species (also known as the
“group 1 bacilli”), a collection of Gram-positive spore-forming soil bacteria that are non …

Covering: 2005 to August, 2023 Polyamine-containing natural products (NPs) have been
isolated from a wide range of terrestrial and marine organisms and most of them exhibit …

Siderophores are high-affinity ferric iron chelators biosynthesised and excreted by most
microorganisms that play an important role in iron acquisition. Siderophore-mediated …

Recent observations have shed light on some of the endogenous iron-acquisition
mechanisms of members of the Bacillus cereus sensu lato group. In particular, pathogens in …

Secondary metabolites are low molecular weight compounds, less than 2.5 KDa produced
during the idiophase of bacterial growth. Bacteria belonging to Pseudomonas, Bacillus and …

Petrobactin, a virulence-associated siderophore produced by Bacillus anthracis, chelates
ferric iron through the rare 3, 4-isomer of dihydroxybenzoic acid (3, 4-DHBA). Most catechol …

The siderophore petrobactin harbors unique 3, 4-dihydroxybenzoyl iron-liganding groups.
These moieties are known to be synthesized from shikimate pathway precursors, but no …