Behavioral analysis of single cells of Myxococcus xanthus in response to prey cells of Escherichia coli

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 137, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 227-231

  McBride, Mark J ^a,b   Zusman, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

chemotaxis; gliding; motility; Myxococcus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029931584     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00062-6     Document Type: Article

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