Beyond kin killing: Dickeya-derived phage-tail-like bacteriocin P2D1 targets phylogenetically distant Pseudomonas spp.
Marcin Borowicz, Jan Styn, Kacper Tomasik, Łukasz Rąbalski, Magdalena Narajczyk, Erwan Gueguen, Sylwia Jafra, Julie Baltenneck, Dorota M. Krzyżanowska, Robert Czajkowski
This study shows that the Dickeya-derived tailocin P2D1 targets phylogenetically distant Pseudomonas species, challenging the idea that tailocins only act against close relatives.
ISME Communications · Jan 1, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology