Starvation of the bacterium Vibrio atlanticus induces simultaneous attacks on the dinoflagellate Alexandrium pacificum
Jean-Luc Rolland, Estelle Masseret, Mohamed Laabir, Guillaume Tetreau, Benjamin Gourbal, Anne Thebault, Eric Abadie, Alice Rodrigues-Stien, Carole Veckerle, Elodie Servanne-meunier, Delphine Destoumieux-Garzon, Arnaud Lagorce, Raphael Lami, Sara Mitri, Jean Luc Rolland, Estelle Masseret, Mohamed Laabir, Guillaume Tetreau, Benjamin Gourbal, Anne Thebault, Eric Abadie, Alice Rodrigues-Stien, Carole Veckerle, Elodie Servanne-meunier, Delphine Destoumieux-Garzon, LAGORCE LAGORCE, Raphael Lami · 2026
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Jean-Luc Rolland and colleagues report a starvation-driven hunting behavior by marine bacteria in a 2026 journal article. The bacterium Vibrio atlanticus attacks Alexandrium pacificum, a single-celled alga that can form harmful blooms. Field observation and lab pairing studies let the team watch the interaction step by step and test what triggers it.
First, bacterial products stripped the alga's swimming tails, immobilizing it, they report. Then masses of bacteria briefly surrounded each algal cell without entering it. Finally the algal cells burst and were consumed. The attack depended on nutrient stress and iron supply, tied to the bacterium's iron-carrying system, not on the usual cell-to-cell signaling. The authors suggest this hunting may help control Alexandrium blooms.
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| CREATOR | Jean-Luc Rolland, Estelle Masseret, Mohamed Laabir, Guillaume Tetreau, Benjamin Gourbal, Anne Thebault, Eric Abadie, Alice Rodrigues-Stien, Carole Veckerle, Elodie Servanne-meunier, Delphine Destoumieux-Garzon, Arnaud Lagorce, Raphael Lami, Sara Mitri, Jean Luc Rolland, Estelle Masseret, Mohamed Laabir, Guillaume Tetreau, Benjamin Gourbal, Anne Thebault, Eric Abadie, Alice Rodrigues-Stien, Carole Veckerle, Elodie Servanne-meunier, Delphine Destoumieux-Garzon, LAGORCE LAGORCE, Raphael Lami |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 78580 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |