Most swimming bacteria are capable of following gradients of nutrients, signaling molecules
and other environmental factors that affect bacterial physiology. This tactic behavior became …

Bacterial cells are spatiotemporally highly organised with proteins localising dynamically to
distinct subcellular regions. Motility in the rod-shaped Myxococcus xanthus cells represents …

The opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa explores surfaces using twitching
motility powered by retractile extracellular filaments called type IV pili (T4P). Single cells …

Combining high-resolution single cell tracking experiments with numerical simulations, we
show that starvation-induced fruiting body formation in Myxococcus xanthus is a phase …

In rod‐shaped bacteria, type IV pili (Tfp) promote twitching motility by assembling and
retracting at the cell pole. In Myxococcus xanthus, a bacterium that moves in highly …

Myxobacteria and dictyostelids are prokaryotic and eukaryotic multicellular lineages,
respectively, that after nutrient depletion aggregate and develop into structures called …

Motile cells have developed a large array of molecular machineries to actively change their
direction of movement in response to spatial cues from their environment. In this process …

The rod-shaped Myxococcus xanthus cells move with defined front–rear polarity using
polarized motility systems. A polarity module consisting of the small GTPase MglA, its …

Adjusting motility patterns according to environmental cues is important for bacterial survival.
Myxococcus xanthus, a bacterium moving on surfaces by gliding and twitching mechanisms …

Respiration is a fundamental process that has to optimally respond to metabolic demand
and environmental changes. We previously showed that nitrate respiration, crucial for gut …