mSphere (Aug 2021)

Proteus mirabilis Employs a Contact-Dependent Killing System against Competing <i>Enterobacteriaceae</i>

  • Dara Kiani,
  • William Santus,
  • Kaitlyn A. Kiernan,
  • Judith Behnsen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00321-21
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 4

Abstract

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The study of bacterial competition systems has received significant attention in recent years. These systems are important in a multitude of polymicrobial environments and collectively shape the composition of complex ecosystems like the mammalian gut.