A Distinct Contractile Injection System Gene Cluster Found in a Majority of Healthy Adult Human Microbiomes

A Distinct Contractile Injection System Gene Cluster Found in a Majority of Healthy Adult Human Microbiomes

ABSTRACT Many commensal bacteria antagonize each other or their host by producing syringe-like secretion systems called contractile injection systems (CIS). Members of the Bacteroidales family have been shown to produce only one type of CIS—a contact-dependent type 6 secretion system that mediates b...

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Main Authors: Maria I. Rojas, Giselle S. Cavalcanti, Katelyn McNair, Sean Benler, Amanda T. Alker, Ana G. Cobián-Güemes, Melissa Giluso, Kyle Levi, Forest Rohwer, Barbara A. Bailey, Sinem Beyhan, Robert A. Edwards, Nicholas J. Shikuma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020-08-01
Series:mSystems
Subjects:
CIS
microbiome
secretion system
T6SS
bacteriophage
eCIS
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSystems.00648-20

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSystems.00648-20

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