Iron is important to bacteria. Really important. It’s so important that bacteria secrete special molecules called siderophores to find iron and bring it back to the cell. It goes without saying, then, ...

Siderophores are low-molecular weight, high affinity, iron-chelating ligands produced by many microorganisms as a means of acquiring iron. Iron is an essential nutrient in many cellular processes and ...

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine, and MIT are taking a novel approach to preventing and treating bacterial infections. Like people, bacteria need iron. The problem is that soluble ...

(Phys.org)—Los Alamos researchers have developed a better technique for quick detection of live pathogens in the field. Identification of viable bacteria in a complex environment is scientifically ...

The synthetically produced fluorescent siderophore NBD-desferrioxamine B (NBD-DFO), an analog of the natural siderophore ferrioxamine B, was used to study iron uptake by plants. Short-term (10-hour) ...

It's been known that the bacterium Klebsiella pneumoniae secretes small molecules called siderophores that enable it to acquire iron from a host and fuel its spread. Now, researchers have found that ...

This discovery validates siderophore secretion as a drug target in tuberculosis and reveals a new mechanism for putative drugs. Many tuberculosis bacteria are highly resistant to multiple antibiotics.

Bacterial wilt, caused by Ralstonia solanacearum, devastates tomato crops worldwide. This study uncovers how beneficial Pseudomonas bacteria protect tomatoes by producing siderophores—specialized ...

Experiments were conducted to assess the distribution of foliar applied Fe-containing compounds using microbial siderophores. Fe was measured in leaf fluid obtained by centrifugation according to a ...

Whether dangerous staphylococci survive in the nose depends on what other bacteria are present -- and how they obtain iron. A research team led by Simon Heilbronner, Professor of Microbiology at LMU's ...