Loss of the acetate switch in Vibrio vulnificus enhances predation defense against Tetrahymena pyriformis

• Main Authors: Rasheedkhan Regina, Viduthalai, Noorian, Parisa, Sim, Clarence Bo Wen, Constancias, Florentin, Kaliyamoorthy, Eganathan, Booth, Sean C., Espinoza-Vergara, Gustavo, Rice, Scott A., McDougald, Diane
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Science::Biological sciences; Protozoan Predation; Grazing Resistance
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/160065
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Vibrio vulnificus is an opportunistic human pathogen and autochthonous inhabitant of coastal marine environments, where the bacterium is under constant predation by heterotrophic protists or protozoans. As a result of this selection pressure, genetic variants with antipredation mechanisms are select...