title: From Striking Out to Striking Gold: Discovering that Type VI Secretion Targets Bacteria.
abstract: Specialized secretion systems are infamous for their contribution to host-pathogen interactions. Our discovery that the type VI secretion system delivers toxins between bacterial cells has broadened our understanding of how both pathogens and non-pathogens interact with one another, whether within or outside of the host.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
authors.forename: Rachel D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Hood
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
authors.forename: S Brook
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. Electronic address: mougous@u.washington.edu.
authors.forename: Joseph D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Mougous
mesh_terms: D000898:Antibiosis; D001419:Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism*; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000378:metabolism*; D021381:Protein Transport; D000069376:Type VI Secretion Systems / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D000069376:Type VI Secretion Systems
keywords: competition; interbacterial; microbiome; polymorphic toxin; secretome