Gliding motility in slide cultures of Myxococcus xanthus in stable and steep chemical gradients.
A method was devised to construct stable and steep chemical gradients in slide cultures to study the movements of gliding cells. The movement of Myxococcus xanthus individual cells and small swarms was studied in these gradients. There was no response to gradients of Casitone and yeast extract that were previously reported to stimulate a positive chemotactic response with M. xanthus.
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Program in Microbiology, Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington 47405-6801, USA.
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D002364:Caseins / Q000737:chemistry; D002633:Chemotaxis; D004058:Diffusion; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D008722:Methods; D016940:Myxococcus / Q000502:physiology*; D011492:Protein Hydrolysates / Q000737:chemistry
D002364:Caseins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D011492:Protein Hydrolysates; C026375:trypticase-soy broth