https://doi.org/10.25678/000E6A

Data for: Antagonism as a foraging strategy in microbial communities

In natural habitats, nutrient availability limits bacterial growth. We discovered that bacteria can overcome this limitation by acquiring nutrients by lysing neighboring cells through contact-dependent antagonism. Using single-cell live imaging and isotopic markers, we found that during starvation the type VI secretion system (T6SS) lysed neighboring cells and thus provided nutrients from lysing cells for growth. Genomic adaptations in antagonists, characterized by a reduced metabolic gene repertoire, and the previously unexplored distribution of the T6SS across bacterial taxa in natural environments suggest that bacterial antagonism may contribute to nutrient transfer within microbial communities in many ecosystems.

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Stubbusch, A. K. M., Peaudecerf, F. J., Soo Lee, K., Paoli, L., Schwartzman, J., Stocker, R., et al. (2024). Data for: Antagonism as a foraging strategy in microbial communities (Version 1.0). Eawag: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.25678/000E6A
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The associated article

Stubbusch, A. K. M., Peaudecerf, F. J., Lee, K. S., Paoli, L., Schwartzman, J., Stocker, R., et al. (2025). Antagonism as a foraging strategy in microbial communities. Science, 388(6752), 1214–1217. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adr8286
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Author
  • Stubbusch, Astrid K.M.
  • Peaudecerf, François J.
  • Soo Lee, Kang
  • Paoli, Lucas
  • Schwartzman, Julia
  • Stocker, Roman
  • Basler, Marek
  • Schubert, Olga T.
  • Ackermann, Martin
  • Magnabosco, Cara
  • D’Souza, Glen G.
Keywords nutrient acquisition,type VI secretion system,Vibrio,cell lysis,foraging,P070018
Substances (scientific names)
  • alginate (InChI=1S/C6H10O7.Na/c7-1-2(8)4(5(10)11)13-6(12)3(1)9;/h1-4,6-9,12H,(H,10,11);/q;+1/p-1)
  • GlcNAc (InChI=1S/C8H15NO6/c1-3(11)9-5-7(13)6(12)4(2-10)15-8(5)14/h4-8,10,12-14H,2H2,1H3,(H,9,11)/t4-,5-,6-,7-,8?/m1/s1)
  • glucose (InChI=1S/C6H12O6/c7-1-2-3(8)4(9)5(10)6(11)12-2/h2-11H,1H2/t2-,3-,4+,5-,6?/m1/s1)
  • melibiose (InChI=1S/C12H22O11/c13-1-3-5(14)8(17)10(19)12(23-3)21-2-4-6(15)7(16)9(18)11(20)22-4/h3-20H,1-2H2/t3-,4-,5+,6-,7+,8+,9-,10-,11?,12+/m1/s1)
Substances (generic terms)
  • alginate
  • glucose
  • melibiose
  • N-acetyl-glucosamine (GlcNAc)
Taxa (scientific names)
  • Vibrio anguillarum
  • Vibrio cyclitrophicus
  • Vibrio ordalii
Organisms (generic terms)
  • bacteria
Systems
  • lab
Timerange
  • *
Review Level domain specific
Curator Stubbusch, Astrid
Contact Schubert, Olga <olga.schubert@eawag.ch>