Experimental social evolution with Myxococcus xanthus

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 155-164

  Velicer, Gregory J ^a   Stredwick, Kristina L ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cooperation; Evolution; Myxococcus; Predation; Social

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; PREDATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EXPERIMENT; GENOTYPE; MICROORGANISM; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPECIES HABITAT; SPOROGENESIS; STARVATION;

EVOLUTION; MOVEMENT; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCUS; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 0036418009     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020546130033     Document Type: Article

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