Growth in Low Carbon Conditions Reveals Amino-Acid-Coupled Iron Uptake
Juanita Lara‐Gutiérrez, Jen Nguyen, Matthew R. McIlvin, Ichiko Sugiyama, Zachary Landry, Uria Alcolombri, Sammy Pontrelli, Joaquín Jiménez‐Martínez, Uwe Sauer, Terence Hwa B, Johannes M. Keegstra, Mak A. Saito, Roman Stocker
The paper studies bacterial iron acquisition under low carbon conditions and finds that amino acids facilitate iron uptake by E. coli.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Feb 11, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology