Multicellular Bacteria Deploy the Type VI Secretion System to Preemptively Strike Neighboring Cells

• Christopher J. Alteri ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Christopher J. Alteri, Stephanie D. Himpsl

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

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• Stephanie D. Himpsl ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Christopher J. Alteri, Stephanie D. Himpsl

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

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• Shannon R. Pickens,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

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• Jonathon R. Lindner,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

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• Jonathan S. Zora,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

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• Jessa E. Miller,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

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• Peter D. Arno,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

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• Samuel W. Straight,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

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• Harry L. T. Mobley

  * E-mail: hmobley@umich.edu

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

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