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Microcins mediate competition among Enterobacteriaceae in the inflamed gut
- Sassone-Corsi, Martina;
- Nuccio, Sean-Paul;
- Liu, Henry;
- Hernandez, Dulcemaria;
- Vu, Christine T;
- Takahashi, Amy A;
- Edwards, Robert A;
- Raffatellu, Manuela
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https://doi.org/10.1038/nature20557Abstract
Certain commensal enterobacteria secrete small proteins called microcins that suppress the growth of other bacteria in the inflamed gut, conferring an intra- and interspecies competitive advantage.
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