#autotoxin — Public Fediverse posts
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Glucose-starved #yeast poisons neighboring #microbes as well as its own clones https://phys.org/news/2022-11-glucose-starved-yeast-poisons-neighboring-microorganisms.html
#Autotoxin-mediated latecomer killing in yeast communities: Arisa Oda et al. https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3001844
"When starved of #glucose, yeast releases a #toxin that will poison other #microorganisms that have entered its surrounding habitat, even its own clones. This #venomous phenomenon was previously unknown and contributes to our understanding of #unicellular microorganism behavior"