Role of phase variation in the resistance of Myxococcus xanthus fruiting bodies to Caenorhabditis elegans predation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 5081-5089

  Dahl, John L ^a   Ulrich, Christina H ^a   Kroft, Tim L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BIOFILM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ECOLOGY; INGESTION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS; STARVATION;

ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GLYCEROL; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MYXOCOCCALES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NEMATODA;

EID: 80053606118     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05383-11     Document Type: Article

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