A secondary metabolite drives intraspecies antagonism in a gut symbiont that is inhibited by cell wall acetylation
M. Özcam, J.-H. Oh, R. Tocmo, D. Acharya, S. Zhang, T. Astmann, M. Heggen, S. Ruiz-Ramirez, F. Li, C. C. Cheng, E. Vivas, F. E. Rey, J. Claesen, T. Bugni, J. Walter, J. P. van Pijkeren
The study identifies a secondary metabolite produced by L. reuteri that mediates intraspecies antagonism, with resistance linked to cell wall acetylation.
bioRxiv · Jun 11, 2021Microbiology