Ecological function of phenazine in soil

Author(s):
Negre Rodríguez, M. (0009-0009-7827-1234); Kovács, Á.T.
Published
2025
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

Abstract

Phenazines, antimicrobial secondary metabolites, inhibit Gram-positive bacteria by targeting topoisomerase IV, but Bacillus cohabiting with phenazine-producing Pseudomonas can evolve resistance, enabling synergism for agricultural biocontrol.

Date issued
2025-09-12
Language
English
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Is part of
Nature Microbiology (2025), Vol. 10, no. 10, p. 2361-2362
hdl
1887/4262437
doi
10.1038/s41564-025-02125-1
URL
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-025-02125-1