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. 2024 Jun 12;32(6):779-781.
doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2024.05.014.

Streptomyces use umbrella toxins to gently compete with kin

Fatma Sevde Coskun  1 , Erdal Toprak  2
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Streptomyces use umbrella toxins to gently compete with kin

Fatma Sevde Coskun et al. Cell Host Microbe. .
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Abstract

In a recent issue of Nature, Zhao et al. have demonstrated that Streptomyces spp. produce "umbrella"-shaped polymorphic toxin particles, a novel class of non-lethal toxins that gently inhibit competitors by arresting hyphal growth in closely related bacteria, unveiling a unique bacterial defense strategy in microbial ecological interactions.1.

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