Recording multicellular behavior in Myxococcus xanthus biofilms using time-lapse microcinematography

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 42, 2010, Pages

  Taylor, Rion G ^a   Welch, Roy D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Issue 42; Microbiology; Microcinematography; Myxococcus; Time lapse

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055106288     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2038     Document Type: Article

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