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

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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Main Authors: Sofiene Seef, Julien Herrou, Paul de Boissier, Laetitia My, Gael Brasseur, Donovan Robert, Rikesh Jain, Romain Mercier, Eric Cascales, Bianca H Habermann, Tâm Mignot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2021-09-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
Myxococcus xanthus
predation
tad pilus
motility
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/72409

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