DOI: 10.1128/jb.104.2.940-947.1970. Gliding Motility Mutants of <i>Myxococcus xanthus</i>

Gliding Motility Mutants of Myxococcus xanthus

10.1128/jb.104.2.940-947.1970

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Abstract

Two gliding motility mutants of Myxococcus xanthus are described. The semimotile mutant (SM) originated by high-frequency segregation from the motile FB t strain. Segregation was enhanced by acridine dye treatment. SM cells glide only when apposed to other cells in a swarm. The nonmotile strain (NM) originated by mutation from SM. NM cells neither glide individually nor cooperatively. FB t , SM, and NM are indistinguishable with respect to fine structure, vegetative growth rate, glycerol-induced microcyst formation, spheroplasting, bacteriophage sensitivity, and responses to light. The motility mutants are more resistant to penicillin and more sensitive to actinomycin D than is the gliding wild type. The NM mutant is also a morphogenetic mutant; it is unable to form fruiting bodies.

Bibliography

Burchard, R. P. (1970). Gliding Motility Mutants of Myxococcus xanthus. Journal of Bacteriology, 104(2), 940â947.

Authors 1

Robert P. Burchard (first)

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