Table 1 Strains used in this study

From: Exopolysaccharide microchannels direct bacterial motility and organize multicellular behavior

Strain

Genotype or relevant properties

Source/reference

DZ2

Wild type M. xanthus

Campos and Zusman (1975)

DZ10457

pilA::gfp/pilA+

Bustamante et al. (2004)

DZ4477

DZ1622 cglB::mariner

Youderian et al. (2003)

DZ4831

DZ2 epsZ::pGEM

Berleman et al. (2011)

DK10409

DK1622 ΔpilT

Wu et al. (1997)

HP11

M. xanthus isolate

This study

HP12

M. xanthus isolate

This study

HP13

M. xanthus isolate

This study

HP10

M. xanthus isolate

This study

HP16

M. xanthus isolate

This study

KYC221

Wild type C. crocatus

Hyun et al. (2008)

TM12

DZ2 ΔmglA

Mauriello et al. (2010)

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