Petrobactin, a siderophore produced by Alteromonas, mediates community iron acquisition in the global ocean
Published in The ISME Journal, 2021
Recommended citation: Manck, L. E. et al. Petrobactin, a siderophore produced by Alteromonas, mediates community iron acquisition in the global ocean. ISME J (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-021-01065-y https://www.nature.com/articles/s41396-021-01065-y
We identified the biosynthetic pathway for petrobactin in bacterial metagenome-assembled genomes widely distributed across the global ocean. These results improve our mechanistic understanding of the role of siderophore production in iron biogeochemical cycling in the marine environment wherein iron speciation, bioavailability, and residence time can be directly influenced by microbial activities.
Recommended citation: Manck, L. E. et al. Petrobactin, a siderophore produced by Alteromonas, mediates community iron acquisition in the global ocean. ISME J (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-021-01065-y