Fighting off microbial invasions drains plants’ iron stores, but one protein helps restore balance

October 14, 2026 · 6:01 pm 1 sources

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• Fighting off microbial invasions drains plants' iron stores, but one protein helps restore balance
  Phys.org · October 14, 2026 18:01
  Energy production in our cells, oxygen traveling in our blood and immune cells fighting infection all depend on iron, an essential mineral that enters the food chain when plants absorb it from soil. But iron is often scarce—likely increasingly so as global weather and temperatures continue to…