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Bacteriolytic Principles of Myxococcus fulvus

Nature volume 196, pages 1335–1336 (1962)Cite this article

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MEMBERS of the Myxococcaceae are ideal for the examination of some fundamental phenomena unique in the world of bacteria: (1) the mechanism of the gliding movement of the vegetative forms on solid media1; (2) the morphogenesis of the fruiting body, following the gathering in of the swarming rods with the simultaneous transformation into microcysts2; (3) the production of lytic principles capable of attacking different bacterial and fungal cells on which the formation of fruiting bodies readily takes place3,4.

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MARGALITH, P. Bacteriolytic Principles of Myxococcus fulvus. Nature 196, 1335–1336 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/1961335a0

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