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A Gram-positive, spore-forming, obligate anaerobic bacterium that is the leading cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea and pseudomembranous colitis in healthcare settings. In the metallomics framework, C. difficile sits at the intersection of metal-antibiotic co-selec…
A Gram-negative opportunistic pathogen and member of the ESKAPE group of antibiotic-resistant priority pathogens. K. pneumoniae deploys multiple nickel-dependent enzymes for virulence and relies on the dual-function metallophore yersiniabactin for both iron and nickel s…
An opportunistic Gram-negative pathogen with a unique dual-use siderophore system: its pyoverdine and pyochelin serve not only as iron scavengers but as extracellular chelators of toxic metals including nickel, copper, and cadmium. This makes P. aeruginosa unusually wel…
The causative agent of plague -- one of the most devastating infectious diseases in human history and a modern bioterrorism concern (Tier 1 Select Agent). Y. pestis depends on nickel for glyoxalase I-mediated metabolic detoxification and produces the archetypal dual-fun…