Exopolysaccharide-independent social motility of Myxococcus xanthus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Hu, Wei ^a,b   Hossain, Muhaiminu ^a   Lux, Renate ^a   Wang, Jing ^a,b   Yang, Zhe ^a   Li, Yuezhong ^b   Shi, Wenyuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; METHYLCELLULOSE; POLYSTYRENE; FIMBRIA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL ANCHORAGE; CELL LEVEL; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL MOTILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; FIMBRIA; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY;

MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

CULTURE MEDIA; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; MOVEMENT; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 79251573823     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016102     Document Type: Article

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