ArticlemBio2018
Physiological Heterogeneity Triggers Sibling Conflict Mediated by the Type VI Secretion System in an Aggregative Multicellular Bacterium.
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- The ecological impact of a bacterial weapon: microbial interactions and the Type VI secretion system.FEMS microbiology reviews · 2021Article
- A Tad-like apparatus is required for contact-dependent prey killing in predatory social bacteria.eLife · 2021Article
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- Envelope stress responses defend against type six secretion system attacks independently of immunity proteins.Nature microbiology · 2020Article
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Abstract
A hallmark of social microorganisms is their ability to engage in complex and coordinated behaviors that depend on cooperative and synchronized actions among many cells. For instance, myxobacteria use an aggregation strategy to form multicellular, spore-filled fruiting bodies in response to starvation. One barrier to the synchronization process is physiological heterogeneity within clonal populations. How myxobacteria cope with these physiological differences is poorly understood. Here, we investigated the interactions between closely related but physiologically distinct
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