Hdsp, a horizontally transferred gene required for social behavior and halotolerance in salt-tolerant Myxococcus fulvus HW-1

ISME Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1282-1289

  Pan, Hong Wei ^a   Tan, Zai Gao ^a   Liu, Hong ^a   Li, Zhi Feng ^a   Zhang, Cui Ying ^a   Li, Cheng Yun ^a   Li, Jie ^a   Li, Yue Zhong ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

dispersed growth; hdsp; Myxococcus fulvus HW 1; salt tolerance; social behavior

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INORGANIC SALT;

BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM; COASTAL ZONE; MUTATION; PROTEIN; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CELL DIVISION; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOMIC ISLAND; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYXOCOCCUS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; LOCOMOTION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MYXOCOCCUS; SALTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCUS; MYXOCOCCUS FULVUS;

EID: 77956993961     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2010.52     Document Type: Article

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