Escherichia coli EC93 deploys two plasmid-encoded class I contact-dependent growth inhibition systems for antagonistic bacterial interactions

Class II contact‐dependent growth inhibition (CDI) systems allow for broad‐range cross‐species toxin delivery within the Enterobacteriaceae family

(2019) Petra Virtanen et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Bacteriocin Occurrence and Activity in Escherichia coli Isolated from Bovines and Wastewater

(2019) Andrew Cameron et al.   Toxins

Type VI Secretion System in Pathogenic Escherichia coli: Structure, Role in Virulence, and Acquisition

(2019) Fernando Navarro-Garcia et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Contact‐dependent growth inhibition induces high levels of antibiotic‐tolerant persister cells in clonal bacterial populations

(2018) Anirban Ghosh et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Programmed Secretion Arrest and Receptor-Triggered Toxin Export during Antibacterial Contact-Dependent Growth Inhibition

(2018) Zachary C. Ruhe et al.   CELL

Structure of a novel antibacterial toxin that exploits elongation factor Tu to cleave specific transfer RNAs

(2017) Karolina Michalska et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Activation of contact-dependent antibacterial tRNase toxins by translation elongation factors

(2017) Allison M. Jones et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CdiA Effectors Use Modular Receptor-Binding Domains To Recognize Target Bacteria

(2017) Zachary C. Ruhe et al.   mBio

NCBI prokaryotic genome annotation pipeline

(2016) Tatiana Tatusova et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

CDI Systems Are Stably Maintained by a Cell-Contact Mediated Surveillance Mechanism

(2016) Zachary C. Ruhe et al.   PLoS Genetics

CdiA Effectors from Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Use Heterotrimeric Osmoporins as Receptors to Recognize Target Bacteria

(2016) Christina M. Beck et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Functional Characterization of Pseudomonas Contact Dependent Growth Inhibition (CDI) Systems

(2016) Chryslène Mercy et al.   PLoS One

Contact-Dependent Growth Inhibition (CDI) and CdiB/CdiA Two-Partner Secretion Proteins

(2015) Julia L.E. Willett et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

CdiA promotes receptor-independent intercellular adhesion

(2015) Zachary C. Ruhe et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Contact-dependent growth inhibition toxins exploit multiple independent cell-entry pathways

(2015) Julia L. E. Willett et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The proton-motive force is required for translocation of CDI toxins across the inner membrane of target bacteria

(2014) Zachary C. Ruhe et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

CdiA from Enterobacter cloacae Delivers a Toxic Ribosomal RNase into Target Bacteria

(2014) Christina M. Beck et al.   STRUCTURE

Bacterial Warfare again Targets the Ribosome

(2014) Marc A. Schureck et al.   STRUCTURE

Burkholderia BcpA mediates biofilm formation independently of interbacterial contact-dependent growth inhibition

(2013) Erin C. Garcia et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Delivery of CdiA Nuclease Toxins into Target Cells during Contact-Dependent Growth Inhibition

(2013) Julia S. Webb et al.   PLoS One

Receptor Polymorphism Restricts Contact-Dependent Growth Inhibition to Members of the Same Species

(2013) Z. C. Ruhe et al.   mBio

Identification of Functional Toxin/Immunity Genes Linked to Contact-Dependent Growth Inhibition (CDI) and Rearrangement Hotspot (Rhs) Systems

(2011) Stephen J. Poole et al.   PLoS Genetics

Bacteriocin synthesis in uropathogenic and commensal Escherichia coli: colicin E1 is a potential virulence factor

(2010) David Šmajs et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

A widespread family of polymorphic contact-dependent toxin delivery systems in bacteria

(2010) Stephanie K. Aoki et al.   NATURE

Contact-Dependent Growth Inhibition Causes Reversible Metabolic Downregulation in Escherichia coli

(2009) S. K. Aoki et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Contact-dependent growth inhibition requires the essential outer membrane protein BamA (YaeT) as the receptor and the inner membrane transport protein AcrB

(2008) Stephanie K. Aoki et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY