TWiM explains two strategies for bacterial competition for resources: by laying down a slippery lipid and pushing away competitors, or by breaking open cells with a spike, liberating essential nutrients.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, Michele Swanson, and Petra Levin
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Links for this episode
- Secreting a slippery lipid (mBio)
- Lysing neighboring cells for nutrients (Science)
- Underwater hockey (YouTube)
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