Publication - Journal Article The Functional Significance of Bacterial Predators

https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.00466-21
Journal Article
mBio, vol. 12, iss. 2, 2021
Authors
Bruce A. Hungate, Jane C. Marks, Mary E. Power, Egbert Schwartz, Kees Jan van Groenigen, Steven J. Blazewicz, Peter Chuckran, Paul Dijkstra, Brianna K. Finley, Mary K. Firestone, Megan Foley, Alex Greenlon, Michaela Hayer, Kirsten S. Hofmockel, Benjamin J. Koch, Michelle C. Mack, Rebecca L. Mau, Samantha N. Miller, Ember M. Morrissey, Jeffrey R. Propster, Alicia M. Purcell, Ella Sieradzki, Evan P. Starr, Bram W. G. Stone, César Terrer, Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Katherine P. Lemon
Abstract
The word “predator” may conjure images of leopards killing and eating impala on the African savannah or of great white sharks attacking elephant seals off the coast of California. But microorganisms are also predators, including bacteria that kill and eat other bacteria.
English