Killing of Escherichia coli by Myxococcus xanthus in Aqueous Environments Requires Exopolysaccharide-Dependent Physical Contact

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 630-638

  Pan, Hongwei ^a   He, Xuesong ^a   Lux, Renate ^a   Luan, Jia ^a   Shi, Wenyuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYXOCOCCUS; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANTIBIOSIS; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTIBIOSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84884415021     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-013-0252-x     Document Type: Article

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