Valentin Conte
@valentinconte.bsky.social
Reposted by Valentin Conte
Microbes weaponizing secondary metabolites to make rivals vulnerable to phage attack 🧪🦠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Streptomyces secretes a siderophore that sensitizes competitor bacteria to phage infection - Nature Microbiology
A secondary metabolite sensitizes competitor Bacillus subtilis to a wide panel of lytic phages by sequestering iron and preventing the activation of Spo0A.
www.nature.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Microbes weaponizing secondary metabolites to make rivals vulnerable to phage attack 🧪🦠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...