MicrobiologybioRxiv
A Tad-like apparatus is required for contact-dependent prey killing in predatory social bacteria
S. Seef, J. Herrou, P. de Boissier…·T. Mignot
This study identifies a new type IV filament-like machinery, Kil, involved in contact-dependent prey killing by Myxococcus xanthus, showing its role in motility arrest and prey cell plasmolysis.
DOI 10.7554/elife.72409