Interbacterial predation as a strategy for DNA acquisition in naturally competent bacteria

Antimicrobial potential of bacteriocins: in therapy, agriculture and food preservation

(2017) Varish Ahmad et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

Overexpression of the fratricide immunity protein ComM leads to growth inhibition and morphological abnormalities in Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2017) Daniel Straume et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Rules of Engagement: The Type VI Secretion System in Vibrio cholerae

(2017) Avatar Joshi et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Quorum Sensing Regulation of Competence and Bacteriocins in Streptococcus pneumoniae and mutans

(2017) Erin Shanker et al.   Genes

Sequential displacement of Type VI Secretion System effector genes leads to evolution of diverse immunity gene arrays in Vibrio cholerae

(2017) Paul C. Kirchberger et al.   Scientific Reports

TheblpLocus of Streptococcus pneumoniae Plays a Limited Role in the Selection of Strains That Can Cocolonize the Human Nasopharynx

(2016) Carina Valente et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Type VI Secretion System Substrates Are Transferred and Reused among Sister Cells

(2016) Andrea Vettiger et al.   CELL

Natural competence for transformation

(2016) Melanie Blokesch   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Regulation of competence-mediated horizontal gene transfer in the natural habitat of Vibrio cholerae

(2016) Lisa C Metzger et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Diverse Ecological Strategies Are Encoded byStreptococcus pneumoniaeBacteriocin-Like Peptides

(2016) Eric L. Miller et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Quorum sensing signal–response systems in Gram-negative bacteria

(2016) Kai Papenfort et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Steady at the wheel: conservative sex and the benefits of bacterial transformation

(2016) Ole Herman Ambur et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

VgrG C terminus confers the type VI effector transport specificity and is required for binding with PAAR and adaptor–effector complex

(2016) Devanand D. Bondage et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The DNA-Uptake Process of Naturally Competent Vibrio cholerae

(2016) Noémie Matthey et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Characterization of a Multipeptide Lantibiotic Locus in Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2016) Natalie Maricic et al.   mBio

Recombination in Streptococcus pneumoniae Lineages Increase with Carriage Duration and Size of the Polysaccharide Capsule

(2016) Chrispin Chaguza et al.   mBio

Independent Regulation of Type VI Secretion in Vibrio cholerae by TfoX and TfoY

(2016) Lisa C. Metzger et al.   Cell Reports

Horizontal DNA Transfer Mechanisms of Bacteria as Weapons of Intragenomic Conflict

(2016) Nicholas J. Croucher et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Pneumococcal Competence Coordination Relies on a Cell-Contact Sensing Mechanism

(2016) Marc Prudhomme et al.   PLoS Genetics

Coordinated Bacteriocin Expression and Competence in Streptococcus pneumoniae Contributes to Genetic Adaptation through Neighbor Predation

(2016) Wei-Yun Wholey et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Expression of Streptococcus pneumoniae Bacteriocins Is Induced by Antibiotics via Regulatory Interplay with the Competence System

(2016) Morten Kjos et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Structural Insights into Streptococcal Competence Regulation by the Cell-to-Cell Communication System ComRS

(2016) Antoine Talagas et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Pheromone Recognition and Selectivity by ComR Proteins among Streptococcus Species

(2016) Erin Shanker et al.   PLoS Pathogens

The Infant Nasopharyngeal Microbiome Impacts Severity of Lower Respiratory Infection and Risk of Asthma Development

(2015) Shu Mei Teo et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Natural transformation and genome evolution in Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2015) Daniel Straume et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Community-acquired pneumonia

(2015) Elena Prina et al.   LANCET

A new quorum-sensing system (TprA/PhrA) forStreptococcus pneumoniae D39 that regulates a lantibiotic biosynthesis gene cluster

(2015) Sharon E. Hoover et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Horizontal gene transfer: building the web of life

(2015) Shannon M. Soucy et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

CytR Is a Global Positive Regulator of Competence, Type VI Secretion, and Chitinases in Vibrio cholerae

(2015) Samit S. Watve et al.   PLoS One

A globally distributed mobile genetic element inhibits natural transformation ofVibrio cholerae

(2015) Ankur B. Dalia et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The type VI secretion system of Vibrio cholerae fosters horizontal gene transfer

(2015) S. Borgeaud et al.   SCIENCE

Direct regulation of the natural competence regulator gene tfoX by cyclic AMP (cAMP) and cAMP receptor protein (CRP) in Vibrios

(2015) Rui Wu et al.   Scientific Reports

The Alternative Sigma Factor SigX Controls Bacteriocin Synthesis and Competence, the Two Quorum Sensing Regulated Traits in Streptococcus mutans

(2015) Michael Reck et al.   PLoS Genetics

Type VI Secretion System Toxins Horizontally Shared between Marine Bacteria

(2015) Dor Salomon et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Mechanisms and impact of genetic recombination in the evolution of Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2015) Chrispin Chaguza et al.   Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal

Antibiotic-Induced Replication Stress Triggers Bacterial Competence by Increasing Gene Dosage near the Origin

(2014) Jelle Slager et al.   CELL

Agrobacterium tumefaciens Deploys a Superfamily of Type VI Secretion DNase Effectors as Weapons for Interbacterial Competition In Planta

(2014) Lay-Sun Ma et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Natural Competence and the Evolution of DNA Uptake Specificity

(2014) J. C. Mell et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Sensitivity to the two-peptide bacteriocin lactococcin G is dependent on UppP, an enzyme involved in cell-wall synthesis

(2014) Morten Kjos et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Dense genomic sampling identifies highways of pneumococcal recombination

(2014) Claire Chewapreecha et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Bacterial transformation: distribution, shared mechanisms and divergent control

(2014) Calum Johnston et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Type VI secretion system effectors: poisons with a purpose

(2014) Alistair B. Russell et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Streptococcus pneumoniae in Saliva of Dutch Primary School Children

(2014) Anne L. Wyllie et al.   PLoS One

VgrG, Tae, Tle, and beyond: the versatile arsenal of Type VI secretion effectors

(2014) Eric Durand et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

DNA Transport across the Outer and Inner Membranes of Naturally Transformable Vibrio cholerae Is Spatially but Not Temporally Coupled

(2014) P. Seitz et al.   mBio

Identification of a Membrane-Bound Transcriptional Regulator That Links Chitin and Natural Competence in Vibrio cholerae

(2014) A. B. Dalia et al.   mBio

The Vibrio cholerae type VI secretion system employs diverse effector modules for intraspecific competition

(2014) Daniel Unterweger et al.   Nature Communications

ComEA Is Essential for the Transfer of External DNA into the Periplasm in Naturally Transformable Vibrio cholerae Cells

(2014) Patrick Seitz et al.   PLoS Genetics

A View to a Kill: The Bacterial Type VI Secretion System

(2013) Brian T. Ho et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Lytic Activity of theVibrio choleraeType VI Secretion Toxin VgrG-3 Is Inhibited by the Antitoxin TsaB

(2013) Teresa M. Brooks et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Regulation of natural competence by the orphan two-component system sensor kinase ChiS involves a non-canonical transmembrane regulator inVibrio cholerae

(2013) Shouji Yamamoto et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

A transcriptional regulator linking quorum sensing and chitin induction to render Vibrio cholerae naturally transformable

(2013) Mirella Lo Scrudato et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

DNA-uptake machinery of naturally competent Vibrio cholerae

(2013) P. Seitz et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Identification of T6SS-dependent effector and immunity proteins by Tn-seq in Vibrio cholerae

(2013) T. G. Dong et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Type IV Pilus Mediates DNA Binding during Natural Transformation in Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2013) Raphaël Laurenceau et al.   PLoS Pathogens

The enemy within us: lessons from the 2011 EuropeanEscherichia coliO104:H4 outbreak

(2012) Helge Karch et al.   EMBO Molecular Medicine

Chitin colonization, chitin degradation and chitin-induced natural competence of Vibrio cholerae are subject to catabolite repression

(2012) Melanie Blokesch   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

New secreted toxins and immunity proteins encoded within the Type VI secretion system gene cluster ofSerratia marcescens

(2012) Grant English et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

ComE/ComE∼P interplay dictates activation or extinction status of pneumococcal X-state (competence)

(2012) Bernard Martin et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Type VI secretion requires a dynamic contractile phage tail-like structure

(2012) M. Basler et al.   NATURE

Bacteriocins — a viable alternative to antibiotics?

(2012) Paul D. Cotter et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Genomic diversity of 2010 Haitian cholera outbreak strains

(2012) N. A. Hasan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Regulatory Network of Natural Competence and Transformation of Vibrio cholerae

(2012) Mirella Lo Scrudato et al.   PLoS Genetics

COMPETENCE INCREASES SURVIVAL DURING STRESS IN STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE

(2011) Daniel J. P. Engelmoer et al.   EVOLUTION

Quorum-sensing autoinducer molecules produced by members of a multispecies biofilm promote horizontal gene transfer to Vibrio cholerae

(2011) Elena S. Antonova et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Identification of a Chitin-Induced Small RNA That Regulates Translation of the tfoX Gene, Encoding a Positive Regulator of Natural Competence in Vibrio cholerae

(2011) S. Yamamoto et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Quorum Sensing Contributes to Natural Transformation of Vibrio cholerae in a Species-Specific Manner

(2011) G. Suckow et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

LytF, a Novel Competence-Regulated Murein Hydrolase in the Genus Streptococcus

(2011) K. H. Berg et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Signal production and detection specificity in Vibrio CqsA/CqsS quorum-sensing systems

(2011) Wai-Leung Ng et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Horizontal Transfer, Not Duplication, Drives the Expansion of Protein Families in Prokaryotes

(2011) Todd J. Treangen et al.   PLoS Genetics

A Type VI Secretion System of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Targets a Toxin to Bacteria

(2010) Rachel D. Hood et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Expression and maintenance of ComD-ComE, the two-component signal-transduction system that controls competence ofStreptococcus pneumoniae

(2010) Bernard Martin et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Multiple Colonization with S. pneumoniae before and after Introduction of the Seven-Valent Conjugated Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine

(2010) Silvio D. Brugger et al.   PLoS One

Peptide alarmone signalling triggers an auto-active bacteriocin necessary for genetic competence

(2009) Julie A. Perry et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Comparative genomics reveals mechanism for short-term and long-term clonal transitions in pandemic Vibrio cholerae

(2009) J. Chun et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Extracellular Nuclease Dns and Its Role in Natural Transformation of Vibrio cholerae

(2008) M. Blokesch et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

A predatory mechanism dramatically increases the efficiency of lateral gene transfer inStreptococcus pneumoniaeand related commensal species

(2008) Ola Johnsborg et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY