RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Byun, Hyuntae A1 Jung, I-Ji A1 Chen, Jiandong A1 Larios Valencia, Jessie A1 Zhu, JayYR 2020 T1 Siderophore piracy enhances Vibrio cholerae environmental survival and pathogenesis JF Microbiology, VO 166 IS 11 SP 1038 OP 1046 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.000975 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1465-2080, AB Vibrio cholerae, the aetiological agent of cholera, possesses multiple iron acquisition systems, including those for the transport of siderophores. How these systems benefit V. cholerae in low-iron, polymicrobial communities in environmental settings or during infection remains poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate that in iron-limiting conditions, co-culture of V. cholerae with a number of individual siderophore-producing microbes significantly promoted V. cholerae growth in vitro. We further show that in the host environment with low iron, V. cholerae colonizes better in adult mice in the presence of the siderophore-producing commensal Escherichia coli . Taken together, our results suggest that in aquatic reservoirs or during infection, V. cholerae may overcome environmental and host iron restriction by hijacking siderophores from other microbes., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/mic.0.000975