Bacterial predation: 75 years and counting!

J Pérez, A Moraleda‐Muñoz… - Environmental …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The first documented study on bacterial predation was carried out using myxobacteria three
quarters of a century ago. Since then, many predatory strains, diverse hunting strategies …

Biotechnological Potential of Bdellovibrio and Like Organisms and Their Secreted Enzymes

E Bratanis, T Andersson, R Lood… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Bdellovibrio and like organisms (BALOs) are obligate predatory bacteria that selectively prey
on a broad range of Gram-negative bacteria, including multidrug-resistant human …

Histones with an unconventional DNA-binding mode in vitro are major chromatin constituents in the bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus

A Hocher, SP Laursen, P Radford, J Tyson… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Histone proteins bind DNA and organize the genomes of eukaryotes and most archaea,
whereas bacteria rely on different nucleoid-associated proteins. Homology searches have …

[HTML][HTML] Injections of predatory bacteria work alongside host immune cells to treat Shigella infection in zebrafish larvae

AR Willis, C Moore, M Mazon-Moya, S Krokowski… - Current Biology, 2016 - cell.com
Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus are predatory bacteria that invade and kill a range of Gram-
negative bacterial pathogens in natural environments and in vitro [1, 2]. In this study, we …

Bdellovibrio predation cycle characterized at nanometre-scale resolution with cryo-electron tomography

M Kaplan, YW Chang, CM Oikonomou, WJ Nicolas… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus is a microbial predator that offers promise as a living antibiotic for
its ability to kill Gram-negative bacteria, including human pathogens. Even after six decades …

Effects of orally administered Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus on the well-being and Salmonella colonization of young chicks

RJ Atterbury, L Hobley, R Till, C Lambert… - Applied and …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus is a bacterium which preys upon and kills Gram-negative
bacteria, including the zoonotic pathogens Escherichia coli and Salmonella. Bdellovibrio …

Fluorescent D-amino-acids reveal bi-cellular cell wall modifications important for Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus predation

E Kuru, C Lambert, J Rittichier, R Till, A Ducret… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Modification of essential bacterial peptidoglycan (PG)-containing cell walls can lead to
antibiotic resistance; for example, β-lactam resistance by l, d-transpeptidase activities …

Protein target highlights in CASP15: Analysis of models by structure providers

LT Alexander, J Durairaj… - Proteins: Structure …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We present an in‐depth analysis of selected CASP15 targets, focusing on their biological
and functional significance. The authors of the structures identify and discuss key protein …

[HTML][HTML] The antibiotic crisis: How bacterial predators can help

J Pérez, FJ Contreras-Moreno, FJ Marcos-Torres… - Computational and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Discovery of antimicrobials in the past century represented one of the most important
advances in public health. Unfortunately, the massive use of these compounds in medicine …

Advances in cellular and molecular predatory biology of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus six decades after discovery

TF Lai, RM Ford, SG Huwiler - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Since its discovery six decades ago, the predatory bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus has
sparked recent interest as a potential remedy to the antibiotic resistance crisis. Here we give …