Bacteroides expand the functional versatility of a universal transcription factor and transcribed DNA to program capsule diversity
Jason Saba, Katia Flores, Bailey Marshall, Michael D. Engstrom, Yikai Peng, Atharv S. Garje, Laurie E. Comstock, Robert C. Landick
The paper investigates how Bacteroides use the Y-Z regulatory system to control capsule polysaccharide (CPS) transcription and create subpopulations for fitness.
Nature Communications · Dec 30, 2024Peer-reviewedMicrobiology