Da-Peng Zhang

Dietary iron overload enhances susceptibility to Yersinia enterocolitica infection

Oral Actinobacteria sense and defend against parasitic epibionts

Bacteria contend with a wide range of antagonistic interactions from neighboring microbes. One widespread but poorly understood threat is posed by Patescibacteria, which proliferate by colonizing host bacteria surfaces and extracting cellular resources. Despite the ubiquity of Patescibacteria in the environment, how ho...