Prey killing without invasion by Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus defective for a MIDAS-family adhesin
Abstract The bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus is a predator of other Gram-negative bacteria. The predator invades the prey’s periplasm and modifies the prey’s cell wall, forming a rounded killed prey, or bdelloplast, containing a live B. bacteriovorus. Redundancy in adhesive processes makes inva...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2024-04-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-47412-3 |