Research on how bacteria adapt to changing environments underlies the contemporary
biological understanding of signal transduction (ST), and ST provides the foundation of the …

Myxococcus xanthus has a lifecycle characterized by several social interactions. In the
presence of prey, M. xanthus is a predator forming cooperatively feeding colonies, and in the …

Protein-directed intracellular transport has not been observed in bacteria despite the
existence of dynamic protein localization and a complex cytoskeleton. However, protein …

Myxococcus xanthus is a Gram-negative bacterium that glides over surfaces without the aid
of flagella. Two motility systems are used for locomotion: social-motility, powered by the …

In bacteria, motility is important for a wide variety of biological functions such as virulence,
fruiting body formation, and biofilm formation. While most bacteria move by using …

In bird flocks, fish schools, and many other living organisms, regrouping among individuals
of the same kin is frequently an advantageous strategy to survive, forage, and face …

Gliding motility in the bacterium Myxococcus xanthus uses two motility engines: S‐motility
powered by type‐IV pili and A‐motility powered by uncharacterized motor proteins and focal …

Bacterial gliding motility is the smooth movement of cells on solid surfaces unaided by
flagella or pili. Many diverse groups of bacteria exhibit gliding, but the mechanism of gliding …

Myxobacteria are renowned for the ability to sporulate within fruiting bodies whose shapes
are species-specific. The capacity to build those multicellular structures arises from the …

Bacteria glide across solid surfaces by mechanisms that have remained largely mysterious
despite decades of research. In the deltaproteobacterium Myxococcus xanthus, this …