“…coli , the low‐affinity Pit transporters assimilate P i under P i ‐replete conditions and the high‐affinity Pst system is induced under P i ‐depleting conditions (Hoffer et al ., 2001a; Hsieh and Wanner, 2010; McCleary, 2017). Similar trends of transitioning to the Pst system with reduced P i availability were observed in other soil bacteria such as Bacillus species, Burkholderia cenocepacia , Pseudomonas aeruginosa , Sinorhizobium meliloti , Streptomyces coelicolor and Staphylococcus aureus (Qi et al ., 1997; Voegele et al ., 1997; Hoshino, 1998; Antelmann et al ., 2000; Saier Jr et al ., 2002; Hoi et al ., 2006; Voigt et al ., 2006; Martín et al ., 2011; Kelliher et al ., 2018; Barreiro and Martínez‐Castro, 2019; Shropshire et al ., 2021). Though P i is the most favourable form of P to bacteria, soil bacteria are also capable of assimilating P o compounds such as organophosphates and phosphonates (Table 1).…”