Nitroxoline is a bacteriostatic quinoline antibiotic, known to form complexes with metals, with few clinical applications. Here, Cacace et al. show that the compound displays a broad activity spectrum, with species-specific bactericidal activity, and acts as a metallophore inducing copper and zinc intoxication in bacterial cells.
- Elisabetta Cacace
- Manuela Tietgen
- Stephan Göttig
