Microbiology: Murder as a solution to promiscuity?


Journal

Current biology : CB
ISSN: 1879-0445
Titre abrégé: Curr Biol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9107782

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
03 Jun 2024
Historique:
medline: 5 6 2024
pubmed: 5 6 2024
entrez: 4 6 2024
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Strain-specific pili enable Vibrio cholerae bacteria to adhere to each other and form aggregates in liquid culture. A new study focuses on strains with less specific, promiscuous pili and suggests a role for contact-dependent bacterial killing in shaping the composition of these aggregates.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38834027
pii: S0960-9822(24)00514-1
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.04.042
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

R539-R541

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2024 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Declaration of interests The authors declare no competing interests.

Auteurs

Ying Liu (Y)

Institute for Experimental Medicine, Kiel University, Michaelisstraße 5, 24105 Kiel, Germany; Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, August-Thienemann-Straße 2, 24306 Plön, Germany.

Daniel Unterweger (D)

Institute for Experimental Medicine, Kiel University, Michaelisstraße 5, 24105 Kiel, Germany; Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, August-Thienemann-Straße 2, 24306 Plön, Germany. Electronic address: d.unterweger@iem.uni-kiel.de.

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