Nature Communications (Jan 2020)
A predator-prey interaction between a marine Pseudoalteromonas sp. and Gram-positive bacteria
- Bai-Lu Tang,
- Jie Yang,
- Xiu-Lan Chen,
- Peng Wang,
- Hui-Lin Zhao,
- Hai-Nan Su,
- Chun-Yang Li,
- Yang Yu,
- Shuai Zhong,
- Lei Wang,
- Ian Lidbury,
- Haitao Ding,
- Min Wang,
- Andrew McMinn,
- Xi-Ying Zhang,
- Yin Chen,
- Yu-Zhong Zhang
Affiliations
- Bai-Lu Tang
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University
- Jie Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University
- Xiu-Lan Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University
- Peng Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University
- Hui-Lin Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University
- Hai-Nan Su
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University
- Chun-Yang Li
- College of Marine Life Sciences, Institute for Advanced Ocean Study, Ocean University of China
- Yang Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University
- Shuai Zhong
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University
- Lei Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University
- Ian Lidbury
- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick
- Haitao Ding
- SOA Key Laboratory for Polar Science, Polar Research Institute of China
- Min Wang
- College of Marine Life Sciences, Institute for Advanced Ocean Study, Ocean University of China
- Andrew McMinn
- College of Marine Life Sciences, Institute for Advanced Ocean Study, Ocean University of China
- Xi-Ying Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University
- Yin Chen
- College of Marine Life Sciences, Institute for Advanced Ocean Study, Ocean University of China
- Yu-Zhong Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14133-x
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 14
Abstract
Predator-prey interactions play important roles in the cycling of marine organic matter. Here the authors show that a Gram-negative bacterium isolated from marine sediments can kill and feed on Gram-positive bacteria by secreting a peptidoglycan-degrading enzyme.
