Amazing new bacterial predatory mechanism. Congratulations to the Pilhofer lab and thanks for making us part of this study. https://t.co/riUj9LqcGN
Mechanism of bacterial predation via ixotrophy.
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Several discussions highlight the innovative aspects of the article, like the use of 'sophisticated hooks' for capturing prey and the term 'bacterial pirate ship' to describe the predatory strategy of Aureispira. The enthusiastic tone, use of phrases such as 'stunning new insights' and 'amazing work', alongside congratulatory remarks towards the research teams, shows a collective recognition of the study's contributions to the field.
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Abstract in brief
- Ixotrophy is a predatory strategy used by filamentous bacteria in aquatic environments, where physical contact between predator and prey is crucial.
- Researchers discovered that these bacteria can use gliding motion or structures called "grappling hooks" to establish this contact, which are made up of heptamers from a specific secretion system.
- The process of killing the prey involves a type VI secretion system, enabling the predator to absorb nutrients from the victim, with the entire mechanism relying on various cellular systems and likely influencing microbial communities in their habitat.
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Most liked on X and BlueskyOUT NOW in @ScienceMagazine: Mechanism of bacterial predation via ixotrophy By Yun-Wei, Martin Pilhofer & colleagues. @MartinPolz @theStockerLab @GregorWeiss1 @PilhoferLab https://t.co/HHhkKzXq9C
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Mechanism of bacterial predation via ixotrophy https://t.co/7LZGssLG30 #biorxiv_micrbio
Impressive work showing how some predatory bacteria use sophisticated hooks to capture other bacteria: https://t.co/9XTVXYfeg7
Fascinating work on microbial predation: https://t.co/RcobsUI0fG
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Understanding Bacterial Predation Through Ixotrophy Mechanism
Did you know bacteria eat other bacteria? This video explores ixotrophy, a predatory strategy where filamentous bacteria utilize grappling hooks to establish contact with their prey. Discover how these predators absorb…
Mechanism of Bacterial Predation via Ixotrophy Explained
Explore the fascinating world of ixotrophy, a predatory strategy used by filamentous bacteria. Discover how these bacteria utilize gliding motion and grappling hooks to engage prey, and the role of the type VI secretion…
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Mechanism of bacterial predation via ixotrophy | Science https://t.co/U6f9Blko0j
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https://t.co/LEEMrdkl1c まるで砲撃を加えるような細菌。オウレイスピアでええんじゃろか?(Aureispira)は、捕食対象に銛をぶち込み、中から破壊し、それを食べるという機構がある。これってターゲット薬に使えるんでは?的なん。
RT @MartinPolz: Amazing new bacterial predatory mechanism. Congratulations to the Pilhofer lab and thanks for making us part of this study.…
RT @PilhoferLab: Captain Aureispira - a bacterial pirate ship
In einer neuen Studie haben Forschende der @ETH_en @GregorWeiss1 beim räuberischen Meeresbakterium Aureispira molekulare Strukturen ausfindig gemacht, die wie Enterhaken oder Bolzenschussgeräte funktionieren. https://t.co/Dylk2lJSTj Bild: Yun-Wei Lien, ETH Zürich https://t.co/Uv0Q9XJudK
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RT @PilhoferLab: Captain Aureispira - a bacterial pirate ship
RT @PilhoferLab: Captain Aureispira - a bacterial pirate ship
RT @PilhoferLab: Captain Aureispira - a bacterial pirate ship
RT @MartinPolz: Amazing new bacterial predatory mechanism. Congratulations to the Pilhofer lab and thanks for making us part of this study.…
RT @MartinPolz: Amazing new bacterial predatory mechanism. Congratulations to the Pilhofer lab and thanks for making us part of this study.…
RT @PilhoferLab: Captain Aureispira - a bacterial pirate ship
RT @PilhoferLab: Captain Aureispira - a bacterial pirate ship
RT @chrisbowler32: Stunning new insights into complex behaviour in bacteria !! Mechanism of bacterial predation via ixotrophy | Science htt…
RT @MartinPolz: Amazing new bacterial predatory mechanism. Congratulations to the Pilhofer lab and thanks for making us part of this study.…
RT @MartinPolz: Amazing new bacterial predatory mechanism. Congratulations to the Pilhofer lab and thanks for making us part of this study.…
RT @MartinPolz: Amazing new bacterial predatory mechanism. Congratulations to the Pilhofer lab and thanks for making us part of this study.…
RT @PilhoferLab: Captain Aureispira - a bacterial pirate ship
RT @PilhoferLab: Captain Aureispira - a bacterial pirate ship
Mechanism of bacterial predation via ixotrophy | Science https://t.co/DI10cBaHHR
RT @PilhoferLab: Captain Aureispira - a bacterial pirate ship
RT @PilhoferLab: Captain Aureispira - a bacterial pirate ship
RT @MartinPolz: Amazing new bacterial predatory mechanism. Congratulations to the Pilhofer lab and thanks for making us part of this study.…
Fascinating! Mechanism of bacterial predation via ixotrophy | Science https://t.co/EUmnLyizh3
RT @MartinPolz: Amazing new bacterial predatory mechanism. Congratulations to the Pilhofer lab and thanks for making us part of this study.…
RT @MartinPolz: Amazing new bacterial predatory mechanism. Congratulations to the Pilhofer lab and thanks for making us part of this study.…
RT @MartinPolz: Amazing new bacterial predatory mechanism. Congratulations to the Pilhofer lab and thanks for making us part of this study.…
RT @NatureMicrobiol: OUT NOW in @ScienceMagazine: Mechanism of bacterial predation via ixotrophy By Yun-Wei, Martin Pilhofer & colleagues.…
RT @MartinPolz: Amazing new bacterial predatory mechanism. Congratulations to the Pilhofer lab and thanks for making us part of this study.…
RT @chrisbowler32: Stunning new insights into complex behaviour in bacteria !! Mechanism of bacterial predation via ixotrophy | Science htt…
Ixotrophy!!! https://t.co/pteCdpn7vD
RT @chrisbowler32: Stunning new insights into complex behaviour in bacteria !! Mechanism of bacterial predation via ixotrophy | Science htt…
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RT @NatureMicrobiol: OUT NOW in @ScienceMagazine: Mechanism of bacterial predation via ixotrophy By Yun-Wei, Martin Pilhofer & colleagues.…
RT @MartinPolz: Amazing new bacterial predatory mechanism. Congratulations to the Pilhofer lab and thanks for making us part of this study.…
RT @MartinPolz: Amazing new bacterial predatory mechanism. Congratulations to the Pilhofer lab and thanks for making us part of this study.…
RT @MartinPolz: Amazing new bacterial predatory mechanism. Congratulations to the Pilhofer lab and thanks for making us part of this study.…
RT @PilhoferLab: Captain Aureispira - a bacterial pirate ship
RT @MartinPolz: Amazing new bacterial predatory mechanism. Congratulations to the Pilhofer lab and thanks for making us part of this study.…
RT @NatureMicrobiol: OUT NOW in @ScienceMagazine: Mechanism of bacterial predation via ixotrophy By Yun-Wei, Martin Pilhofer & colleagues.…
RT @MartinPolz: Amazing new bacterial predatory mechanism. Congratulations to the Pilhofer lab and thanks for making us part of this study.…
RT @NatureMicrobiol: OUT NOW in @ScienceMagazine: Mechanism of bacterial predation via ixotrophy By Yun-Wei, Martin Pilhofer & colleagues.…
RT @NatureMicrobiol: OUT NOW in @ScienceMagazine: Mechanism of bacterial predation via ixotrophy By Yun-Wei, Martin Pilhofer & colleagues.…
RT @NatureMicrobiol: OUT NOW in @ScienceMagazine: Mechanism of bacterial predation via ixotrophy By Yun-Wei, Martin Pilhofer & colleagues.…
RT @PilhoferLab: Captain Aureispira - a bacterial pirate ship
RT @NatureMicrobiol: OUT NOW in @ScienceMagazine: Mechanism of bacterial predation via ixotrophy By Yun-Wei, Martin Pilhofer & colleagues.…
Predatory act as ixotrophy by bacteria upon another #bacteria. Whether contact dependent predatory act as #ixotrophy by #cancer cells upon another cancer cells of healthy cells Mechanism of bacterial predation via #ixotrophy https://t.co/pZPeQNwd4P
RT @MartinPolz: Amazing new bacterial predatory mechanism. Congratulations to the Pilhofer lab and thanks for making us part of this study.…
Stunning new insights into complex behaviour in bacteria !! Mechanism of bacterial predation via ixotrophy | Science https://t.co/orlPhApS2f
RT @PilhoferLab: Captain Aureispira - a bacterial pirate ship
RT @MartinPolz: Amazing new bacterial predatory mechanism. Congratulations to the Pilhofer lab and thanks for making us part of this study.…
細菌の捕食に関する研究を紹介します。 Aureispira属の細菌が腕のような構造体を使って別の細菌を捕らえて捕食する仕組みについて研究しています。有料論文です。 Mechanism of bacterial predation via ixotrophy | Science https://t.co/68IZxPSqeD
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RT @NatureMicrobiol: OUT NOW in @ScienceMagazine: Mechanism of bacterial predation via ixotrophy By Yun-Wei, Martin Pilhofer & colleagues.…
Mechanism of bacterial predation via ixotrophy | Science https://t.co/7XhuSMJU7j
RT @PilhoferLab: Captain Aureispira - a bacterial pirate ship
RT @DEEMteam_Orsay: Impressive work showing how some predatory bacteria use sophisticated hooks to capture other bacteria: https://t.co/9X…
RT @MartinPolz: Amazing new bacterial predatory mechanism. Congratulations to the Pilhofer lab and thanks for making us part of this study.…
RT @MartinPolz: Amazing new bacterial predatory mechanism. Congratulations to the Pilhofer lab and thanks for making us part of this study.…
RT @MartinPolz: Amazing new bacterial predatory mechanism. Congratulations to the Pilhofer lab and thanks for making us part of this study.…
RT @PilhoferLab: Captain Aureispira - a bacterial pirate ship
Fascinating work on microbial predation: https://t.co/RcobsUI0fG
RT @MartinPolz: Amazing new bacterial predatory mechanism. Congratulations to the Pilhofer lab and thanks for making us part of this study.…
RT @PilhoferLab: Captain Aureispira - a bacterial pirate ship
RT @PilhoferLab: Captain Aureispira - a bacterial pirate ship
RT @PilhoferLab: Captain Aureispira - a bacterial pirate ship
RT @MartinPolz: Amazing new bacterial predatory mechanism. Congratulations to the Pilhofer lab and thanks for making us part of this study.…
RT @PilhoferLab: Captain Aureispira - a bacterial pirate ship
RT @DEEMteam_Orsay: Impressive work showing how some predatory bacteria use sophisticated hooks to capture other bacteria: https://t.co/9X…
RT @NatureRevMicro: #weekendreading
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Mechanism of bacterial predation via ixotrophy www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1... #jcampubs
Mechanism of bacterial predation via ixotrophy https://t.co/J2aDCfDQRA
RT @MartinPolz: Amazing new bacterial predatory mechanism. Congratulations to the Pilhofer lab and thanks for making us part of this study.…
RT @DEEMteam_Orsay: Impressive work showing how some predatory bacteria use sophisticated hooks to capture other bacteria: https://t.co/9X…
RT @PilhoferLab: Captain Aureispira - a bacterial pirate ship
Impressive work showing how some predatory bacteria use sophisticated hooks to capture other bacteria: https://t.co/9XTVXYfeg7
RT @NatureMicrobiol: OUT NOW in @ScienceMagazine: Mechanism of bacterial predation via ixotrophy By Yun-Wei, Martin Pilhofer & colleagues.…
RT @PilhoferLab: Captain Aureispira - a bacterial pirate ship
RT @NatureRevMicro: #weekendreading
RT @NatureMicrobiol: OUT NOW in @ScienceMagazine: Mechanism of bacterial predation via ixotrophy By Yun-Wei, Martin Pilhofer & colleagues.…
RT @MartinPolz: Amazing new bacterial predatory mechanism. Congratulations to the Pilhofer lab and thanks for making us part of this study.…
RT @PilhoferLab: Captain Aureispira - a bacterial pirate ship
RT @NatureMicrobiol: OUT NOW in @ScienceMagazine: Mechanism of bacterial predation via ixotrophy By Yun-Wei, Martin Pilhofer & colleagues.…
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Mechanism of bacterial predation via ixotrophy | Science https://t.co/JgTlMn7Z5i Great work @PilhoferLab
RT @NatureMicrobiol: OUT NOW in @ScienceMagazine: Mechanism of bacterial predation via ixotrophy By Yun-Wei, Martin Pilhofer & colleagues.…
Amazing new bacterial predatory mechanism. Congratulations to the Pilhofer lab and thanks for making us part of this study. https://t.co/riUj9LqcGN
RT @NatureRevMicro: #weekendreading
RT @PilhoferLab: Captain Aureispira - a bacterial pirate ship
RT @PilhoferLab: Captain Aureispira - a bacterial pirate ship
OUT NOW in @ScienceMagazine: Mechanism of bacterial predation via ixotrophy By Yun-Wei, Martin Pilhofer & colleagues. @MartinPolz @theStockerLab @GregorWeiss1 @PilhoferLab https://t.co/HHhkKzXq9C
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RT @PilhoferLab: The peer-reviewed version of the manuscript can be found here: https://t.co/SMgAu4x7EZ
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