Question

Please give two specific things that describe why Outer-membrane vesicles are advantageous to bacteria and why secretion via Outer-membrane vesicles would provide these advantages.

(I will rate if the answer is specificly and reasonable)

Answer 1

1. Recent research has shown that Outer-membrane vesicles are involved in cell–cell signaling playing a key role in communication. Their signaling feature acts as mediators of immune regulation and cause disease protection.

2. The secretion through Outer-membrane vesicles have an important advantage over simple secretion systems in bacteria. In case of Outer-membrane vesicles, content is protected inside the lumen of the vesicle which can be targeted to specific destinations through receptors.