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Zhiyuan Li

@zhiyuanli.bsky.social

Quantitative Biology, Network Science, and Microbiology, cqb.pku.edu.cn/zyli

Zhiyuan Li @zhiyuanli.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

In @eLife.bsky.social: Benefit Transfer Loops Turn Cheating into a Scaffold for Microbial Diversity doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

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Benefit Transfer Loops Turn Cheating into a Scaffold for Microbial Diversity

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Zhiyuan Li @zhiyuanli.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

One more piece towards the microbial "IronNet": In G+ bacteria, the PBP2 receptor is the siderophore-specificity determinant. But, it can be located half a genome away from the synthetase. The solution? Transcriptional co-regulation: doi.org/10.1099/mgen... #Genomics #Siderophore

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Systematic characterization of PBP2 as the primary siderophore recognizer in Actinomycetes and other Gram-positive bacteria

Iron is a scarce yet essential nutrient for bacteria. Microbes often acquire iron by secreting siderophores, a diverse group of small molecules that form high-affinity complexes with iron for microbia...

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Zhiyuan Li @zhiyuanli.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

🚨 SIDERITE 2025 Update! We've crossed 1,000+ unique siderophore structures with 100 new additions (58 from 2025 alone)! Help us build the best resource on siderophores! siderite.bdainformatics.org Pro-tip: Clear cookies to see the latest version. #Siderophores #Microbiology

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Zhiyuan Li @zhiyuanli.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

By the lens of Network Percolation, we finally understand why siderophore cheating simultaneously promotes extinction AND biodiversity — a mechanistic update two years after discovering this weird phenomenon www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Zhiyuan Li @zhiyuanli.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Our Siderophore Information Database, SIDERITE, has been updated. The number of siderophore records are updated from 945 to 1636, and unique siderophore structures are updated from 707 to 918. Check more in siderite.bdainformatics.org/database

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SIDERITE - Siderophore Information Database

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