Bacteria live in complex polymicrobial communities and are constantly competing for
resources. The type VI secretion system (T6SS) is a widespread antagonistic mechanism …

The mutualistic symbiosis between the Hawaiian bobtail squid Euprymna scolopes and the
marine bacterium Vibrio fischeri is a powerful experimental system for determining how …

Bacteria use a variety of strategies to exclude competitors from accessing resources,
including space within a host niche. Because these mechanisms are typically costly to …

Vibrio harveyi is commonly found in salt and brackish water and is recognized as a serious
bacterial pathogen in aquaculture worldwide. In this study, we cloned the ferric uptake …

The type VI secretion system (T6SS) is widely distributed in diverse bacterial species and
habitats where it is required for interbacterial competition and interactions with eukaryotic …

The symbioses that animals form with bacteria play important roles in health and disease,
but the molecular details underlying how bacterial symbionts initially assemble within a host …

The type VI secretion system (T6SS) is an interbacterial weapon composed of thousands of
protein subunits and predicted to require significant cellular energy to deploy, yet a fitness …

Although bacterial peptidoglycan (PG) is highly conserved, some natural variations in PG
biosynthesis and structure have evolved. Understanding the mechanisms and limits of such …

Bacteria employ antagonistic strategies to eliminate competitors of an ecological niche.
Contact-dependent mechanisms, such as the type VI secretion system (T6SS), are prevalent …

The type VI secretion system (T6SS) is a broadly distributed interbacterial weapon that can
be used to eliminate competing bacterial populations. Although unarmed target populations …