Abstract
Many living organisms have important iron homeostasis processes. The secondary metabolites known as siderophores are created by fungi and are crucial for gaining access to the host’s cellular components for growth and development. The organism’s siderophores are proteins that have multiple roles, including acquiring external iron, storing it intracellularly, acquiring it via conidia, and storing it during infections. It has been demonstrated that changes in the siderophore-coding gene have a real impact on the health and viability of the fungus. Due to their extensive application in the agricultural, environmental, and medical sectors, fungal siderophores are currently a highly concentrated field of research. However, only around 5% of the fungal diversity has been partially utilized due to the difficulties in growing the fungal strains in lab settings. If their isolation and culturing limitations could be removed, fungal research would provide a huge source of novelty. Due to a knowledge gap regarding siderophore applications in various fields, siderophore research has great potential.
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Moussa, T.A.A., Rashad, Y.M., Baka, Z.A.M. (2023). New Perspectives on Fungal Siderophores. In: Rashad, Y.M., Baka, Z.A.M., Moussa, T.A.A. (eds) Plant Mycobiome. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28307-9_9
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