Are CDI Systems Multicolored, Facultative, Helping Greenbeards?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2017.02.008
Abstract: Competitive and cooperative interactions between organisms, including bacteria, can significantly impact the composition of a community and the fitness of its members, as well as the fitness of their hosts when communities are living on… read more here.
Keywords: multicolored facultative; facultative helping; cdi; helping greenbeards ... See more keywords
Diversity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa contact-dependent growth inhibition systems.
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DOI: 10.1128/jb.00776-18
Abstract: Contact-dependent growth inhibition (CDI) systems are used in bacterial competition to hinder the growth of neighboring microbes. These systems utilize a two-partner secretion mechanism to display the CdiA exoprotein at the bacterial cell surface. CdiA… read more here.
Keywords: growth; growth inhibition; contact dependent; cdi systems ... See more keywords