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• W4386877823 abstract "Many pathogenic bacteria, including Legionella pneumophila, infect humans from environmental reservoirs. To survive in these reservoirs, bacteria must withstand microbe-on-microbe competition. We previously discovered that L. pneumophila can compete with neighboring bacteria via an antimicrobial metabolite called homogentisic acid (HGA). Curiously, L. pneumophila strains that secrete HGA are not wholly immune to its effects: low-density bacteria are strongly inhibited by HGA, whereas high-density cells are tolerant. How do these bacteria tolerate HGA and avoid self-harm during interbacterial competition? Here, we find that HGA toxicity occurs via the production of toxic hydroperoxides, and multiple factors facilitate high-density tolerance. First, HGA becomes fully toxic only after >1 h of oxidation. While this manifests as a delay in killing within well-mixed liquid cultures, in a biofilm environment, this could provide time for HGA to diffuse away before becoming toxic. Second, HGA generates quantities of hydroperoxides that can be collectively scavenged by high-density, but not low-density, cells. Third, high-density cells produce one or more secreted factors that are transiently protective from HGA. In combination, we propose that the bacteria are able to deploy HGA to generate a pool of reactive oxygen species surrounding their own biofilms while maintaining non-toxic conditions within them. Overall, these findings help to explain how broadly toxic molecules can be used as inter-bacterial weapons. They also provide insights about why some of our current decontamination methods to control L. pneumophila are ineffective, leading to recurrent disease outbreaks. IMPORTANCE Before environmental opportunistic pathogens can infect humans, they must first successfully grow and compete with other microbes in nature, often via secreted antimicrobials. We previously discovered that the bacterium Legionella pneumophila, the causative agent of Legionnaires' disease, can compete with other microbes via a secreted molecule called HGA. Curiously, L. pneumophila strains that produce HGA is not wholly immune to its toxicity, making it a mystery how these bacteria can withstand the friendly fire of potentially self-targeting antimicrobials during inter-bacterial battles. Here, we identify several strategies that allow the high-density bacterial populations that secrete HGA to tolerate its effects. Our study clarifies how HGA works. It also points to some explanations of why it is difficult to disinfect L. pneumophila from the built environment and prevent disease outbreaks." @default.
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• W4386877823 date "2023-09-20" @default.
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• W4386877823 title "<i>L. pneumophila</i> resists its self-harming metabolite HGA via secreted factors and collective peroxide scavenging" @default.
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• W4386877823 doi "https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.01207-23" @default.
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