Cooperative siderophore use stabilizes a protective leaf microbiome
Paolo Stincone, Lukas M. Braun, Caner Bağcı, Marcelo Navarro-Díaz, Alicia Isabel Pérez‐Lorente, Shane Farrell, Daniel Gómez‐Pérez, Johanna Bode, Karoline Steuer-Lodd, Maryam Mahmoudi, Vasvi Chaudhry, Diego Romero, Allegra T. Aron, Nadine Ziemert, Carlos Molina‐Santiago, , Daniel Petras
The paper shows that cooperative siderophore exchange between Rhodotorula kratochvilovae and Pseudomonas species stabilizes the leaf microbiome and protects plants from pathogens.
bioRxiv · Mar 18, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology