Gliding motility in slide cultures of Myxococcus xanthus in stable and steep chemical gradients

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3480-3485

  Tieman, Sarah ^a   Koch, Arthur ^a   White, David ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL MOTION; CHEMOTAXIS; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCALES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 0029950284     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.12.3480-3485.1996     Document Type: Article

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