Neighbor predation linked to natural competence fosters the transfer of large genomic regions in Vibrio cholerae
N. Matthey, S. Stutzmann, C. Stoudmann, N. Guex, C. Iseli, M. Blokesch
This study shows that Vibrio cholerae uses type VI secretion system-mediated neighbor predation to acquire large DNA fragments (>150 kbp) from non-kin bacteria, facilitating significant horizontal gene transfer.
bioRxiv · Apr 24, 2019Microbiology