Vibrio cholerae as a predator: Lessons from evolutionary principles

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Pukatzki, Stefan ^a   Provenzano, Daniele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholera; Intraguild predation; Microbiome modification; Nutrient acquisition; Type VI secretion system; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; COLICIN; METALLOPROTEINASE; MUCIN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM PILUS; BDELLOVIBRIONACEAE; CELL INCLUSION; DIARRHEA; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TOXIN CO REGULATED PILUS; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84892163738     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00384     Document Type: Article

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