Siderophore piracy enhances Vibrio cholerae environmental survival and pathogenesis.
Siderophore piracy enhances Vibrio cholerae environmental survival and pathogenesis.
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DOI:
10.1099/mic.0.000975
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发表时间:
2020-10
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影响因子:
1.5
通讯作者:
Hyuntae Byun;I-Ji Jung;Jiandong Chen;Jessie Larios Valencia;Jay Zhu
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作者:
Hyuntae Byun;I-Ji Jung;Jiandong Chen;Jessie Larios Valencia;Jay Zhu
Vibrio cholerae, the aetiological agent of cholera, possesses multiple iron acquisition systems, including those for the transport of siderophores. How these systems benefit V. cholerae in low-iron, polymicrobial communities in environmental settings or during infection remains poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate that in iron-limiting conditions, co-culture of V. cholerae with a number of individual siderophore-producing microbes significantly promoted V. cholerae growth in vitro. We further show that in the host environment with low iron, V. cholerae colonizes better in adult mice in the presence of the siderophore-producing commensal Escherichia coli. Taken together, our results suggest that in aquatic reservoirs or during infection, V. cholerae may overcome environmental and host iron restriction by hijacking siderophores from other microbes.