Modular molecular weaponry plays a key role in competition within an environmental Vibrio cholerae population

• Main Authors: Hussain, Nora A. S., Kirchberger, Paul C., Case, Rebecca J., Boucher, Yann F.
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Science::Biological sciences; Vibrio Cholerae; Type VI Secretion System
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/151777
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The type VI secretion system (T6SS) operons of Vibrio cholerae contain extraordinarily diverse arrays of toxic effector and cognate immunity genes, which are thought to play an important role in the environmental lifestyle and adaptation of this human pathogen. Through the T6SS, proteinaceous “spear...