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Reporters for Single-Cell Analysis of Colicin Ib Expression in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Spriewald Stefanie, Glaser Jana, Beutler Markus, Koeppel Martin B, Stecher Bärbel
Abstract excerpt
Colicins are toxins that mediate interference competition in microbial ecosystems. They serve as a "common good" for the entire producer population but are synthesized by only few members which pay the costs of colicin production. We have previously shown that production of colicin Ib (cib), a group B colicin, confers a competitive advantage to Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (S. Tm) over commensal E....
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