An electron transport complex required in the gut sensitizes Bacteroides to a pore-forming type VI secretion toxin

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, volume 122, number 50, December 2025.
ImportanceInterbacterial antagonism pathways are widespread in the gut microbiome. The extent of the determinants of targeting and the specificity of these systems remains largely unknown. We discovered that a widespread pore-forming toxin produced by the intestine…