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Bacterial siderophores in community and host interactions

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Kramer, Jos, Özkaya, Özhan, Kümmerli, Rolf·2020·Nature Reviews Microbiology

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Iron is an essential trace element for most organisms. A common way for bacteria to acquire this nutrient is through the secretion of siderophores, which are secondary metabolites that scavenge iron from environmental stocks and deliver it to cells via specific receptors. While there has been tremendous interest in understanding the molecular basis of siderophore synthesis, uptake and regulation, questions about the ecological and evolutionary consequences of siderophore secretion have only recently received increasing attention. In this Review, we outline how eco-evolutionary questions can complement the mechanistic perspective and help to obtain a more integrated view of siderophores. In particular, we explain how secreted diffusible siderophores can affect other community members, leading to cooperative, exploitative and competitive interactions between individuals. These social interactions in turn can spur co-evolutionary arms races between strains and species, lead to ecological dependencies between them and potentially contribute to the formation of stable communities. In brief, this Review shows that siderophores are much more than just iron carriers: they are important mediators of interactions between members of microbial assemblies and the eukaryotic hosts they inhabit.

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Authors: Kramer, J., Özkaya, Ö., & Kümmerli, R.
Affiliations: University of Zurich (CH)
Corresponding author: Kümmerli, Rolf
ORCID: Kramer, Jos
Özkaya, Özhan
Kümmerli, Rolf
Venue: Nature Reviews Microbiology
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2019-11-20
Volume: 18
Issue: 3
Pages: 152-163
ISSN: 1740-1526 (ISSN-L)
1740-1534
DOI: 10.1038/s41579-019-0284-4
PMC: PMC7116523
OpenAlex: W2990378266
Cited by: 998
References: 166
Citations by year: 2026: 168 · 2025: 199 · 2024: 170 · 2023: 169 · 2022: 115 · 2021: 132 · 2020: 45
FWCI: 10.03
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
europepmc.org
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
www.springer.com/tdm (vor)
Locations: Nature Reviews Microbiology (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (submittedVersion)
Funders: Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (182499)
Topics: Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
Keywords: siderophores, iron acquisition, bacterial community interactions, host-bacteria interactions, eco-evolutionary dynamics, microbial cooperation, microbial competition, iron scavenging, bacterial social interactions
MeSH terms: Bacteria, Biological Evolution, Iron, Selection, Genetic, Siderophores, Microbial Interactions

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