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Title How plant-rotting bacteria steal iron to survive Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Phys org Media type Web Country/Territory Australia Date 2/08/18 Description In a new study, researchers identify important new insights into a survival mechanism of the bacteria that cause rotting in certain plants, including some highly invasive weeds. The study, publishing on August 2 in the Open-Access journal PLOS Biology, demonstrates for the first time exactly how the bacterium Pectobacterium obtains the iron vital to its survival and replication: by pirating it from iron-bearing proteins in the host plants. The study was led by Dr. Rhys Grinter and Prof. Trevor Lithgow at the Biomedicine Discovery Institute of Monash University. The team used comparative genomics to forensically track the origins of an enzyme, called FusC, that turned out to be the key factor for the import and acquisition of iron.
Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2018-08-plant-rotting-bacteria-iron-survive.html#jCpURL https://phys.org/news/2018-08-plant-rotting-bacteria-iron-survive.html Persons Rhys William Grinter
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Title Mysterious mechanism of plant-rotting bacterium exposed Degree of recognition Regional Media name/outlet Monash Media type Web Country/Territory Australia Date 3/08/18 URL https://www.monash.edu/discovery-institute/news-and-events/news/mysterious-mechanism-of-plant-rotting-bacterium-exposed Persons Trevor Lithgow, Rhys William Grinter Title How plant-rotting bacteria steal iron to survive Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Science Daily Media type Web Country/Territory Australia Date 2/08/18 Description In a new study, researchers identify important new insights into a survival mechanism of the bacteria that cause rotting in certain plants, including some highly invasive weeds. The study demonstrates for the first time exactly how the bacterium Pectobacterium obtains the iron vital to its survival and replication: by pirating it from iron-bearing proteins in the host plants. URL https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180802141819.htm Persons Rhys William Grinter Title How plant-rotting bacteria steal iron to survive Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet EurekAlert Media type Web Country/Territory Australia Date 2/08/18 URL https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-08/p-hpb080218.php Persons Rhys Grinter