Tad pili with adaptable tips mediate contact-dependent killing during bacterial predation

Tad pili with adaptable tips mediate contact-dependent killing during bacterial predation

Abstract The predatory bacterium, Myxococcus xanthus, kills its prey by contact, using a putative Tight Adherence pilus, known as the Kil system, along with a protein complex resembling the basal body a type-III secretion system, named the “needleless” T3SS*. In this work, we provide direct evidence...

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Main Authors: Julien Herrou, Laetitia My, Caroline L. Monteil, Marine Bergot, Rikesh Jain, Emmanuelle Martinez, Tâm Mignot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58967-0
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