Ecological selection of siderophore‐producing microbial taxa in response to heavy metal contamination

This work was funded by the AXA Research Fund and BBSRC (BB/K003240) and NERC (NE/P001130) research councils to AB. SOB was funded by a “Bridging the Gaps” award and PhD scholarship from the University of Exeter. NT was funded by the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement (656647). AML was supported by Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowships within the EU Seventh Framework Programme. AB acknowledges support from the Royal Society.