A System for Studying Microbial Morphogenesis: Rapid Formation of Microcysts in Myxococcus xanthus
- 9 October 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 146 (3641) , 243-244
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.146.3641.243
Abstract
A method has been found for inducing the rapid, quantitative, and relatively synchronous conversion of vegetative rods of a fruiting myxobacterium to microcysts. The conversion is induced by the addition of 0.5 M glycerol to a dispersed, growing, liquid culture of Myxococcus xanthus . The vegetative rods are converted to microcysts in about 120 minutes.Keywords
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