2024
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.11081
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Constitutive expression of the Type VI Secretion System carries no measurable fitness cost in Vibrio cholerae

Christopher Zhang,
Sayantan Datta,
William C. Ratcliff
et al.

Abstract: The Type VI Secretion System (T6SS) is a widespread and highly effective mechanism of microbial warfare; it confers the ability to efficiently kill susceptible cells within close proximity. Due to its large physical size, complexity, and ballistic basis for intoxication, it has widely been assumed to incur significant growth costs in the absence of improved competitive outcomes. In this study, we precisely examine the fitness costs of constitutive T6SS firing in the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. We find that, con… Show more

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