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Sep 2026
A symbiont-derived biosurfactant couples bacterial surface properties to host-mediated clearance
Host mechanisms that regulate intestinal colonization are viewed as acting on microbes, yet microbial traits that determine susceptibility to host control remain poorly understood. Using the association between Caenorhabditis elegans and its symbiont Pseudomonas lurida MYb11, we identify the cyclic lipopeptide biosurfa...
Barbara Pees, C. Escudero-Hernández, A. V. von Hoyningen-Huene et al.
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