https://www.selleckchem.com/products/deferiprone.html The increase in bacterial alpha diversity and changes in unique operational taxonomic unit (OTU) numbers increased the soil N availability and plant N accumulation. Certain bacterial taxa (such as Proteobacteria) and fungal taxa (such as Ascomycota) were significantly altered under intercropping and showed positive responses to increased N assimilation. The average grain yield of intercropped proso millet increased by 13.9-50.1% compared to that of monoculture proso millet. Our data clearly showed that intercropping proso millet with mung bean altered the rhizosphere soil microbial diversity and community composition; thus, this intercropping system represents a potential mechanism for promoting N assimilation and increasing grain yield.Bacteria in the genus Geobacter thrive in iron- and manganese-rich environments where the divalent cobalt cation (CoII) accumulates to potentially toxic concentrations. Consistent with selective pressure from environmental exposure, the model laboratory representative Geobacter sulfurreducens grew with CoCl2 concentrations (1 mM) typically used to enrich for metal-resistant bacteria from contaminated sites. We reconstructed from genomic data canonical pathways for CoII import and assimilation into cofactors (cobamides) that support the growth of numerous syntrophic partners. We also identified several metal efflux pumps, including one that was specifically upregulated by CoII. Cells acclimated to metal stress by downregulating non-essential proteins with metals and thiol groups that CoII preferentially targets. They also activated sensory and regulatory proteins involved in detoxification as well as pathways for protein and DNA repair. In addition, G. sulfurreducens upregulated respiratory chains that could have contributed to the reductive mineralization of the metal on the cell surface. Transcriptomic evidence also revealed pathways for cell envelope modification that increased