Bacteria use two-component signaling systems to adapt and respond to their competitors and changing environments. For instance, competitor bacteria may produce antibiotics and other bioactive metabolites and sequester nutrients. To survive, some …
Throughout history, especially beginning in the mid-twentieth century, humans have adapted numerous specialized metabolites produced by microbes as therapeutics. Since their inception, antibiotics have been a powerful tool used in science and …
Bacteria have diverse mechanisms for competition that include biosynthesis of extracellular enzymes and antibiotic metabolites, as well as changes in community physiology, such as biofilm formation or motility. Considered collectively, networks of …