title: Type VI secretion system helps find a niche.
abstract: Type VI secretion systems (T6SSs) deliver toxins into target cells and thus play a role in bacterial warfare. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Ma et al. (2014) demonstrate that T6SS-dependent attack during interbacterial competition in the host context enables niche colonization by Agrobacterium tumefaciens.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kapitein
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. Electronic address: a.mogk@zmbh.uni-heidelberg.de.
authors.forename: Axel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mogk
mesh_terms: D016960:Agrobacterium tumefaciens / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000502:physiology*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000378:metabolism*; D000898:Antibiosis; D058947:Bacterial Secretion Systems; D003851:Deoxyribonucleases / Q000378:metabolism*; D037521:Virulence Factors / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D058947:Bacterial Secretion Systems; D037521:Virulence Factors; D003851:Deoxyribonucleases