A Tad-like apparatus is required for contact-dependent prey killing in predatory social bacteria

Myxococcus xanthus, a soil bacterium, predates collectively using motility to invade prey colonies. Prey lysis is mostly thought to rely on secreted factors, cocktails of antibiotics and enzymes, and direct contact with Myxococcus cells. In this study, we show that on surfaces the coupling of A-moti...

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Autores principales: Seef, Sofiene, Herrou, Julien, de Boissier, Paul, My, Laetitia, Brasseur, Gael, Robert, Donovan, Jain, Rikesh, Mercier, Romain, Cascales, Eric, Habermann, Bianca H, Mignot, Tâm
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2021
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Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8460266/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34505573
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.72409

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