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A Putative Lipoprotein Mediates Cell-Cell Contact for Type VI Secretion System-Dependent Killing of Specific Competitors

Published:2022-04-26 Issue:2 Volume:13 Page:
ISSN:2150-7511
Container-title:mBio
language:en
Short-container-title:mBio

Author:

Speare Lauren¹²,Woo Madison¹,Dunn Anne K.³,Septer Alecia N.¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

2. Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA

3. Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA

Abstract

T6SSs are broadly distributed interbacterial weapons that share an evolutionary history with bacteriophage. Because the T6SS can be used to kill neighboring cells, it can impact the spatial distribution and biological function of both free-living and host-associated microbial communities.

Funder

HHS | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Virology,Microbiology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/mbio.03085-21

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