Our new paper in the journal Environmental Microbiology reports the discovery of ‘Rhodopetrobactin’ siderophores from the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris. The chemistry of Rhodopetrobactins appears to be well suited for the versatile lifestyle of R. palustris which includes nitrogen-fixing phototrophic growth modes in sediment and soil with variable anaerobic and aerobic conditions.
Reference
Baars, O., Morel, F. M. M. and Zhang, X., The purple non-sulfur bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris produces novel petrobactin-related siderophores under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Environmental Microbiology. Accepted Author Manuscript. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.14078