Phenotypic adaptation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by hacking siderophores produced by other microorganisms

This study aims at investigating the ability of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to detect the presence of exosiderophores in an epithelial cell infection assay. We show that the presence of exosiderophores induces the transcription and expression of their corresponding transporters, and that bacteria sense the presence of the chelators in their environment and adapt their phenotype to access iron via the exosiderophore present