ReviewCurrent biology : CB2020
The Central Role of Interbacterial Antagonism in Bacterial Life.
Review in Current biology : CB, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 88 papers.
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88 citing papers in PubMed, 160 citations in OpenAlex.
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Abstract
The study of bacteria interacting with their environment has historically centered on strategies for obtaining nutrients and resisting abiotic stresses. We argue this focus has deemphasized a third facet of bacterial life that is equally central to their existence: namely, the threat to survival posed by antagonizing bacteria. The diversity and ubiquity of interbacterial antagonism pathways is becoming increasingly apparent, and the insidious manner by which interbacterial toxins disarm their targets emphasizes the highly evolved nature of these processes. Studies examining the role of antagonism in natural communities reveal it can serve many functions, from facilitating colonization of naïve habitats to maintaining bacterial community stability. The pervasiveness of antagonistic pathways is necessarily matched by an equally extensive array of defense strategies. These overlap with well characterized, central stress response pathways, highlighting the contribution of bacterial interactions to shaping cell physiology. In this review, we build the case for the ubiquity and importance of interbacterial antagonism.
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