Cannibalism and fratricide:: mechanisms and raisons d'etre

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作者：

Claverys, Jean-Pierre

Havarstein, Leiv S.

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[1] Univ Toulouse 3, Lab Microbiol & Genet Mol, CNRS, UMR 5100, F-31062 Toulouse, France

[2] Norwegian Univ Life Sci, Dept Chem Biotechnol & Food Sci, N-1432 As, Norway

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NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY | 2007年 / 5卷 / 03期

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10.1038/nrmicro1613

中图分类号：

Q93 [微生物学];

学科分类号：

071005 ; 100705 ;

摘要：

Cannibalism and fratricide refer to the killing of genetically identical cells (siblings) that was recently documented in two Gram-positive species, Bacillus subtilis and Streptococcus pneumoniae, respectively. Cannibalism occurs during the early stages of sporulation in B. subtilis, whereas fratricide occurs in S. pneumoniae during natural genetic transformation. Here, we compare and contrast these two phenomena and discuss whether these processes are fundamentally different from the more traditional 'chemical warfare' among bacteria.

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