The kiss of death: Limosilactobacillus reuteri PKS drives intraspecies competition

Sandrine P Claus

doi:10.1016/j.chom.2022.05.012

The kiss of death: Limosilactobacillus reuteri PKS drives intraspecies competition

Cell Host Microbe. 2022 Jun 8;30(6):757-759. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2022.05.012.

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Sandrine P Claus¹

Affiliation

¹ Ysopia bioscience, 17 place de la Bourse, 33076 Bordeaux, France; Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, Department of Nutritional Sciences, King's College London, London SE1 9NH, UK. Electronic address: sandrine.claus@ysopia.bio.

PMID: 35679820
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2022.05.012

Abstract

The gut microbial ecosystem is governed by complex microbe-microbe interactions, with most documented as interspecies relationships. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Özçam et al. identified intraspecies competition among related strains of the gut symbiont Limosilactobacillus reuteri that are mediated via the antimicrobial activity of polyketide synthase (PKS).

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MeSH terms

Ecosystem
Limosilactobacillus reuteri*
Microbial Interactions