Siderophore synthetase-receptor gene coevolution reveals habitat- and pathogen-specific bacterial iron interaction networks
S. Gu, Z. Shao, Z. Qu, S. Zhu, Y. Shao, D. Zhang, R. Allen, R. He, J. Shao, G. Xiong, A. Jousset, V.-P. Friman, Z. Wei, R. Kuemmerli, Z. Li
The paper develops a co-evolution algorithm to predict bacterial iron interaction networks based on siderophore synthetase-receptor gene pairs across Pseudomonas genomes, revealing habitat- and pathogen-specific interactions.
bioRxiv · Nov 5, 2023Microbiology