Experiments performed in the Southern Ocean under low- and high-iron conditions showed that the heterotrophic bacteria community produced distinct iron-binding compounds called siderophores, dependin....

Abstract. The KEGG Orthology (KO) system links DNA and protein sequences to biological functions and pathways, providing a curated, fundamental, and consis

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A novel personalized phage therapy strategy that selects phages for a predicted evolutionary trade-off may represent a viable alternative approach for the treatment of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria...