Coordinately regulated interbacterial antagonism defense pathways constitute a bacterial innate immune system
S.-Y. Ting, K. D. LaCourse, H. E. Ledvina, R. Zhang, M. C. Radey, H. D. Kulasekara, R. Somavanshi, S. K. Bertolli, L. A. Gallagher, J. Kim, K. M. Penewit, S. J. Salipante, L. Xu, S. B. Peterson, J. D. Mougous
This study identifies three conserved interbacterial antagonism resistance clusters in Pseudomonas aeruginosa that function independently and provide specific defense against phospholipase toxins.
bioRxiv · Aug 22, 2021Microbiology