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In this study, biosynthesis gene clusters of coprogens and dimerumic acids were identified by transcriptional level differences of genes related to iron deficiency conditions in\n Metarhizium robertsii<\/jats:italic>\n . This leads to the characterization of new coprogen metachelin C (\n 1<\/jats:bold>\n ) and five known siderophores metachelin A (\n 2<\/jats:bold>\n ), metachelin A-CE (\n 3<\/jats:bold>\n ), metachelin B (\n 4<\/jats:bold>\n ), dimerumic acid 11-mannoside (\n 5<\/jats:bold>\n ), and dimerumic acid (\n 6<\/jats:bold>\n ). The structure of metachelin C (\n 1<\/jats:bold>\n ) was elucidated by NMR spectroscopy and HR-ESI-MS analysis. Genetic deletions of\n mrsidA<\/jats:italic>\n , and\n mrsidD<\/jats:italic>\n abolished the production of compounds\n 1<\/jats:bold>\n \u2013\n 6<\/jats:bold>\n that implied their involvement in the biosynthesis of coprogen and dimerumic acid. Interestingly, NRPS gene\n mrsidD<\/jats:italic>\n is responsible for biosynthesis of both coprogen and dimerumic acid, thus we proposed plausible biosynthetic pathways for the synthesis of coprogen and dimerumic acid siderophores. 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