Will Smith
@willpjsmith.bsky.social
I love science! I study toxin interactions in microbes. Dad of two @wellcometrust Sir Henry Wellcome Fellow | All views my own | he/him | 🏳️🌈
We found that T6SS-armed A. baylyi ADP1 bacteria (often used to study T6SSs), will transiently still fire their T6SS harpoons under lethal selective conditions. Here we see ADP1 killing some green E. coli when ADP1 is supposed to be dead!
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August 31, 2025 at 10:24 PM
We found that T6SS-armed A. baylyi ADP1 bacteria (often used to study T6SSs), will transiently still fire their T6SS harpoons under lethal selective conditions. Here we see ADP1 killing some green E. coli when ADP1 is supposed to be dead!
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