Rippling is a predatory behavior in Myxococcus xanthus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 5888-5895

  Berleman, James E ^a   Chumley, Tatiana ^a   Cheung, Patricia ^a   Kirby, John R ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH PROMOTOR; NUCLEIC ACID; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL LYSATE; CELL MOTILITY; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUITING BODY; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MACROMOLECULE; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; RIPPLING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STARVATION; WILD TYPE; YEAST; BACTERIOLYSIS; CHEMOTAXIS;

MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BACTERIOLYSIS; CHEMOTAXIS; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 33748639464     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00559-06     Document Type: Article

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