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Interconnected Cavernous Structure of Bacterial Fruiting Bodies

The formation of spore-filled fruiting bodies by myxobacteria is a fascinating case of multicellular self-organization by bacteria. The organization of Myxococcus xanthus into fruiting bodies has long been studied not only as an important example of collective motion of bacteria, but also as a simpl...

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Autores principales: Harvey, Cameron W., Du, Huijing, Xu, Zhiliang, Kaiser, Dale, Aranson, Igor, Alber, Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3531287/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23300427
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002850