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Pyridine-2,6-bis(thiocarboxylic acid) (pdtc) is an iron-regulated metabolite produced by certain pseudomonads that is highly reactive towards metals by virtue of a pair of thiocarboxylate groups and ring nitrogen that combine to form a non-specific, high affinity, tri-dentate ligand (Figure 1) [ 1 2 ] . The formation constants for Co, Cu, and Fe complexes of pdtc were determined to be greater than 10 33 [ 3 ] . Uptake studies using 59Fe showed that addition of pdtc to the growth medium of two different pdtc-producing pseudomonads increased the efficiency of iron uptake by 20% [ 1 ] . The contribution of pdtc to iron uptake may be due to the fact that the copper complex of pdtc (Cu:pdtc) has the ability to reduce both soluble and mineral forms of ferric iron) [ 1 ] . Not surprisingly, in light of its high affinity for essential metals, pdtc also exhibits antimicrobial activity [ 4 ] .
Plants respond to invasion by pathogens with an array of biochemical and genetic changes, including the production of reactive oxygen species, antimicrobial compounds, antioxidants and signaling molecules such as salicylic acid (SA) and jasmonic acid (JA).
A microbial infection initiates a zymogen cascade that plays a crucial role in the activation of the antimicrobial genes in the fat body.
In the public health arena, the current United States infectious disease surveillance infrastructure was recently the subject of an extensive review by the US Department of Health and Human Services [ 1 ] . That review identified substantial weaknesses in existing capacity to detect four major threats to public health - emerging infections, antimicrobial resistance, bioterrorism, and pandemic influenza.
Sequence analyses of defensins and similar antimicrobial peptides have revealed the telltale signatures of positive selection, with d N greater than d S in many comparisons (Hughes 1999; Duda et al.
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