Tiny toxic proteins help gut bacteria defeat rivals
Microcins attack pathogens involved in gut inflammation

GERM WARFARE When iron gets scarce, a bacterium called E. coli Nissle deploys molecules called microsins that kill some other types of bacteria, including other strains of E. coli.
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