Nanotube-mediated cross-feeding couples the metabolism of interacting bacterial cells
S. Shitut, T. Ahsendorf, S. Pande, M. Egbert, C. Kost
The paper shows that auxotrophic E. coli cells increase amino acid production when co-cultured with prototrophic donors via nanotubes, due to cytoplasmic amino acid depletion delaying feedback inhibition.
bioRxiv · May 15, 2018Microbiology