A bacterial membrane-disrupting protein stimulates animal metamorphosis

A bacterial membrane-disrupting protein stimulates animal metamorphosis

ABSTRACT Diverse marine animals undergo a metamorphic larval-to-juvenile transition in response to surface-bound bacteria. Although this host-microbe interaction is critical to establishing and maintaining marine animal populations, the functional activity of bacterial products and how they activate...

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Main Authors: Kyle E. Malter, Tiffany L. Dunbar, Carl Westin, Emily Darin, Josefa Rivera Alfaro, Nicholas J. Shikuma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2025-02-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
metamorphosis
contractile injection system
effector
pore-forming toxin
cilia
toxin
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.03573-24
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