Utilization of cyanobacterial siderophore cyanochelin B by phylogenetically distant heterotrophs suggest its role in mediating microbial interactions
Berness Peter Falcao, José Alberto Martínez Yerena, Tomáš Galica, Jan Mareš, Clémentine Laffont, Lenka Štenclová, Surbhi Sharma, Jürgen Tomasch, Divya Aggarwal, Jan Masek, Petra Divoká, Kateřina Čapková, Tomáš Bešta, Vendula Krynická, Rolf Kümmerli, Pavel Hrouzek
The paper shows that cyanobacterial siderophore cyanochelin B is used by distant heterotrophs under iron limitation, supporting microbial interactions in soil crust ecosystems.
bioRxiv · Jul 27, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology