Lipopolysaccharide integrity primes bacterial sensitivity to a cell wall-degrading intermicrobial toxin
K. L. Trotta, B. M. Hayes, J. P. Schneider, J. Wang, H. Todor, P. Rockefeller Grimes, Z. Zhao, W. Hatleberg, M. R. Silvis, R. Kim, B.-M. Koo, M. Basler, S. Chou
The paper identifies genes in Escherichia coli that affect susceptibility to a cell wall-degrading toxin from Pseudomonas aeruginosa, revealing the role of lipopolysaccharide in modulating toxin toxicity.
bioRxiv · Jan 20, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology