Competition for iron (IMAGE)

Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute -

Competition for iron

Caption

Pandoraea sputorum produces pandorabactin to bind iron and thus prevail against other bacteria in the lung microbiome.

Credit

Elena Herzog, Leibniz-HKI

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