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Kun Duan

Nanjing Agricultural University

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Metabolic exchange and siderophore sharing underlie emergent biofilm synergism

Jiyu Xie, Xinli Sun, Viktor Hesselberg-Thomsen, Kun Duan, Huihui Zhang, Weibing Xun, Nan Zhang, Mikael Lenz Strube, Qirong Shen, Ákos T. Kovács, Ruifu Zhang, Zhihui Xu

The paper identifies metabolic exchange and siderophore sharing mechanisms that enhance biofilm formation among three rhizosphere bacterial species and improve plant growth in iron-depleted soil.

bioRxiv · Feb 24, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology