The paper functionally characterizes a cyanobacterial TonB-dependent transporter for cyanochelin B uptake and shows its specificity and evolutionary link to other siderophore transport systems.

bioRxiv · Jul 30, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology

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

The ReAct project: Analysis of data from 23 different laboratories to characterise DNA recovery given two sets of activity level propositions

Peter Gill, Ane Elida Fonneløp, Tacha Hicks, Stavroulla L. Xenophontos, Marios A. Cariolou, Roland van Oorschot, Iris Buckel, Viktorija Sukser, Sunčica Papić, Siniša Merkaš, Ana Kostic, A. M. Pereira, Christina Teutsch, Christina Forsberg, Cordula Haas, , Ingo Bastisch

The ReAct project evaluates DNA recovery and likelihood ratios across 23 labs using Bayesian networks and experimental simulations of robbery scenarios.

Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) · Jan 1, 2025Peer-reviewedGenetics