Bacillaene and sporulation protect bacillus subtilis from predation by myxococcus xanthus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 5603-5610

  Müller, Susanne ^a   Strack, Sarah N ^a   Hoefler, B Christopher ^b   Straight, Paul D ^b   Kearns, Daniel B ^c   Kirby, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; METABOLITES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENE CLUSTERS; LIMITING CONDITION; MAJOR FACTORS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; SECONDARY METABOLITES; SOIL-DWELLING;

STRAIN;

BACTERIUM; FITNESS; PREDATION; PREDATOR; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SPORULATION; SURVIVAL;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACILLAENE; POLYENE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; POLYENES; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84906330901     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01621-14     Document Type: Article

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