The Type VI Secretion System Inhibits Strain Diversity within Vibrio fischeri populations

Nathaniel Flores

'The type VI secretion system (T6SS) is a bacterial nanoweapon that the bacterium Vibrio fischeri uses to eliminate other strains during symbiosis. However, how two T6SS-positive strains interact is poorly understood. This poster reports our findings that T6SS-positive strains can kill other strains possessing a T6SS, which provides insight into in vivo symbiont dynamics.”

Major: 
Biotechnology
Exhibition Category: 
Health and Life Sciences
Exhibition Format: 
Poster Presentation
Campus: 
University Park
Faculty Sponsor: 
Timothy Iwao Miyashiro
Poster Number: 
77