The Type VI Secretion System: A Dynamic System for Bacterial Communication?

Overview

Journal Front Microbiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2017 Aug 15

PMID 28804481

Citations 70

Authors

Mathias Gallique

Mathilde Bouteiller

Annabelle Merieau

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Abstract

Numerous studies in Gram-negative bacteria have focused on the Type VI Secretion Systems (T6SSs), Quorum Sensing (QS), and social behavior, such as in biofilms. These interconnected mechanisms are important for bacterial survival; T6SSs allow bacteria to battle other cells, QS is devoted to the perception of bacterial cell density, and biofilm formation is essentially controlled by QS. Here, we review data concerning T6SS dynamics and T6SS-QS cross-talk that suggest the existence of inter-bacterial communication via T6SSs.

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