Natural variation of gliding motility in a centimetre-scale population of Myxococcus xanthus

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 343-350

  Vos, Michiel ^a,c   Velicer, Gregory J ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gliding motility; Myxococcus xanthus; Natural variation; Swarming

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COEXISTENCE; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FITNESS; GLIDING; GROWTH RATE; LABORATORY METHOD; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MOTILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SWARMING;

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL STRUCTURE; ECOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; LABORATORY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CULTURE MEDIA; LOCOMOTION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PHENOTYPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 43149118145     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00484.x     Document Type: Article

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