mBio (Apr 2021)
The Functional Significance of Bacterial Predators
- Bruce A. Hungate,
- Jane C. Marks,
- Mary E. Power,
- Egbert Schwartz,
- Kees Jan van Groenigen,
- Steven J. Blazewicz,
- Peter Chuckran,
- Paul Dijkstra,
- Brianna K. Finley,
- Mary K. Firestone,
- Megan Foley,
- Alex Greenlon,
- Michaela Hayer,
- Kirsten S. Hofmockel,
- Benjamin J. Koch,
- Michelle C. Mack,
- Rebecca L. Mau,
- Samantha N. Miller,
- Ember M. Morrissey,
- Jeffrey R. Propster,
- Alicia M. Purcell,
- Ella Sieradzki,
- Evan P. Starr,
- Bram W. G. Stone,
- César Terrer,
- Jennifer Pett-Ridge
Affiliations
- Bruce A. Hungate
- ORCiD
- Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
- Jane C. Marks
- Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
- Mary E. Power
- Department of Integrative Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
- Egbert Schwartz
- Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
- Kees Jan van Groenigen
- Department of Geography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
- Steven J. Blazewicz
- ORCiD
- Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, USA
- Peter Chuckran
- ORCiD
- Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
- Paul Dijkstra
- Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
- Brianna K. Finley
- Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
- Mary K. Firestone
- ORCiD
- Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
- Megan Foley
- Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
- Alex Greenlon
- Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, USA
- Michaela Hayer
- Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
- Kirsten S. Hofmockel
- ORCiD
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA
- Benjamin J. Koch
- Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
- Michelle C. Mack
- Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
- Rebecca L. Mau
- Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
- Samantha N. Miller
- Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
- Ember M. Morrissey
- Division of Plant and Soil Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
- Jeffrey R. Propster
- Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
- Alicia M. Purcell
- Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
- Ella Sieradzki
- ORCiD
- Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
- Evan P. Starr
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
- Bram W. G. Stone
- Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
- César Terrer
- ORCiD
- Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, USA
- Jennifer Pett-Ridge
- ORCiD
- Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, USA
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00466-21
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 2
Abstract
The word “predator” may conjure images of leopards killing and eating impala on the African savannah or of great white sharks attacking elephant seals off the coast of California. But microorganisms are also predators, including bacteria that kill and eat other bacteria.
