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Bacterial secretion of D-arginine controls environmental microbial biodiversity.
The ISME journal - 1 Feb 2018
Alvarez Laura, Aliashkevich Alena, de Pedro Miguel A, Cava Felipe
Abstract excerpt
Bacteria face tough competition in polymicrobial communities. To persist in a specific niche, many species produce toxic extracellular effectors to interfere with the growth of nearby microbes. These effectors include the recently reported non-canonical D-amino acids (NCDAAs). In Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of cholera, NCDAAs control cell wall integrity in stationary phase. Here, an analysis of the...
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