New tools unlock #Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus’s predatory secrets 🦠. By combining inducible gene expression with #CRISPRi-mediated depletion for precise control of essential genes, @lalouxlab.bsky.social uncovered new insights into its unique lifecycle and cell division.
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CRISPRi on #Bdellovibrio to study essential genes 🤗🤩 #MicroSky

When predators meet the matrix: Natural resistance via amyloid fibers How do bacteria protect themselves against predators? In a recent issue of Nature, Ledvina et al. reveal curli fibers as a genetically encoded defense against Bdellovibrio predation in wild E. coli st...

I wrote a Preview in @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social !
A new study suggests that #curli may protect prey from bacterial predators like #Bdellovibrio.

Really looking forward to seeing this model confirmed with live-cell imaging and specific reporters!

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Scientists uncover 'superfamily' of bacterial predator proteins Scientists have identified a new type of protein in bacteria that could change our understanding of how these organisms interact with their environments.

Superfamily of #bacterial predator #proteins uncovered ...

| #microbes | #PopA | #Bdellovibrio | #Ecoli | By @unibirmingham.bsky.social via @sciencex.bsky.social

A porin-like protein used by bacterial predators defines a wider lipid-trapping superfamily - Nature Communications This study reveals that an outer membrane protein from the predator Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus forms a pentameric assembly that traps a lipid monolayer within. This allows the discovery of two superfa...

You thought all OMPs were trimeric? 🧐 Not in our predator B. bacteriovorus! 🦠
Excited to have contributed to this great collab with the Lovering lab on this intriguing protein. @lalouxlab.bsky.social
👉 Paper here!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#BacterialPredation #Bdellovibrio #StructuralBiology

Outer membrane changes enable evolutionary escape from bacterial predation To combat antimicrobial resistant pathogens, natural predatory bacteria, like Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus , represent potential alternatives. B. bacteriovorus could be particularly potent as it kills a...

Can E.coli 🦠 escape from predation by ‘living antibiotic’ 💊B.bacteriovorus, a predatory bacterium ?
A first preprint from my lab for people interested in: #MicroSky, #Evolution and new ways to treat #AMR and #Bdellovibrio

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Some findings in the following thread:

Hoy hemos tenido el placer de escuchar a la Dra. Cristina Herencias (@Cris_Herencias), que nos ha hablado de sus dos recientes trabajos en relación a nuevas herramientas de lucha frente a bacterias #MDR.
#Bdellovibrio #CollateralSensitivity
@ciberinfec #Irycis