A Tad-like apparatus is required for contact-dependent prey killing in predatory social bacteria
S. Seef, J. Herrou, P. de Boissier, L. My, G. Brasseur, D. Robert, R. Jain, R. Mercier, E. Cascales, B. H. Habermann, 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.
bioRxiv · Feb 25, 2021Microbiology