The cost of bacterial predation via type VI secretion system leads to predator extinction under environmental stress
Subhadeep Gupta, Soumyadipta Ray, Afruja Khan, Arkaprabha China, Dipjyoti Das, Amirul Islam Mallick
Abstract
infection. Together, we elucidate how predator dominance versus extinction emerges from the interplay between environmental stress and the T6SS machinery.
Topics & Concepts
PredationPredatorBiologyCampylobacter jejuniType VI secretion systemExtinction (optical mineralogy)EcologyMicrobiologyBacteriaVirulenceGeneticsGenePaleontologyVibrio bacteria research studiesSalmonella and Campylobacter epidemiologyEscherichia coli research studies