University of California

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties Inc

Eth Zurich

Kunru Wang

Bingyu Zhao

Jiamin Miao

Maximilian Mittelviefhaus

Jeffrey L Dangl

Asaf Levy

The present invention provides for a composition comprising a purified or isolated Hyde1 gene product, or a functional fragment thereof; a modified host cell capable of expressing a Type VI secretion system (T6SS), Hyde1, and/or Hyde2, or a functional fragment thereof; a method of treating a disease caused all or in part by a bacterial cell, comprising administering a composition of the present invention to a subject in need thereof; and a method to limit or reduce growth of a pathogenic bacteria in an environment, comprising: introducing a non-pathogenic bacterial capable of expressing a Type VI secretion system (T6SS), Hyde1, and/or Hyde2, or functional fragment thereof, to an environment.

Methods and compositions useful for inhibiting growth of certain bacteria

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Blacksburg, VA, United States of America

Kunru Wang