ArticleNature communications2024
Lifecycle of a predatory bacterium vampirizing its prey through the cell envelope and S-layer.
Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 10 papers.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- Predation in microbial communities: gradients of nutritive killing.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2026Review
- Bdellovibrio and Like Organisms (BALOs): Biology, Predatory Mechanisms, and Bioindustrial Potential.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2026Review
- From microbes to animals: a review on prey choice and prey-predator dynamics across organismal scales.FEMS microbiology reviews · 2026Review
- Comparison of Predatory Phenotypes and Genotypes Between Bdellovibrio sp. BIS2 and Bacteriovorax sp. HI3 Isolated From the Same Freshwater Environment.Environmental microbiology · 2026Article
- Strategies and mechanisms of contact-dependent predation in bacteria.Current opinion in microbiology · 2025Review
- A diverse Palaeoproterozoic microbial ecosystem implies early eukaryogenesis.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025Article
- Video microscopy: an old story with a bright biological future.Biomedical engineering online · 2025Review
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- Microbial hauberks: composition and function of surface layer proteins in gammaproteobacterial methanotrophs.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2025Article
- How do Gram-negative bacteria escape predation by Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus?npj antimicrobials and resistance · 2024Review
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- Erratum issued
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Predatory bacteria feed upon other bacteria in various environments. Bdellovibrio exovorus is an obligate epibiotic predator that attaches on the prey cell surface, where it grows and proliferates. Although the mechanisms allowing feeding through the prey cell envelope are unknown, it has been proposed that the prey's proteinaceous S-layer may act as a defensive structure against predation. Here, we use time-lapse and cryo-electron microscopy to image the lifecycle of B. exovorus feeding on Caulobacter crescentus. We show that B. exovorus proliferates by non-binary division, primarily generating three daughter cells. Moreover, the predator feeds on C. crescentus regardless of the presence of an S-layer, challenging its assumed protective role against predators. Finally, we show that apparently secure junctions are established between prey and predator outer membranes.
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