Bdellovibrio species are naturally predatory, small, motile, Deltaproteobacteria that invade the periplasm of other larger gram-negative bacteria, killing and digesting them.
This is because lectins are tied directly to inflammation and autoimmune reactions in your body. Lectins are a form of protein found in nearly all plants and animals. They bind to the sugar molecules called polysaccharides that cover the surface of most cells in your body.
Nature is equipped with its own system of defense and lectins are the way that vegetation defends itself against larger predators such as humans and animals. Lectins found in grains, nuts, legumes and nightshade vegetables have been linked with digestive distress, leaky gut syndrome and chronic inflammation (1, 2, 3). Find out how to minimize the damaging effects of lectins in your diet. Lectins are carbohydrate binding proteins that are present in both plants and animals (4). There role is to protect plant species and they also support immunological functions within their respective species (4).