E. coli Bacteria Infections: Bacteria Produce Toxin Protein to Defend Themselves
date:Nov 29, 2017
icago with researchers from the Department of Energys Argonne National Laboratory, the University of California Santa Barbara and the University of California Irvine found that E. coli produce and release toxic proteins to antagonize other neighboring bacteria and inhibit competitors.

The toxin protein is contact-dependent growth inhibition (CDI) toxin. It is used by the NC101 strain of E. coli bacteria for intercellular competition.

While researchers have known for years that bacteria conduct

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