Bacteria deploy umbrella toxins against their competitors

• 成果类型: Editorial Material
• 署名作者: Coulthurst, Sarah J.
• 署名单位: University of Dundee
• 刊物名称: Nature
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0028-5930
• DOI: 10.1038/d41586-024-01016-5
• 发表日期: 2024-05-02
• 页码: 48-49
• 关键词: mechanisms; EVOLUTION; immunity; ecology

摘要

Bacteria make protein toxins to compete with other bacteria in microbial communities. A study of a common soil bacterium has revealed a previously unknown type of antibacterial toxin that forms a striking umbrella-like structure.