title: A SYSTEM FOR STUDYING MICROBIAL MORPHOGENESIS: RAPID FORMATION OF MICROCYSTS IN MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS.
abstract: A method has been found for inducing the rapid, quantitative, and relatively synchronous conversion of vegetative rods of a fruiting myxobacterium to microcysts. The conversion is induced by the addition of 0.5M glycerol to a dispersed, growing, liquid culture of Myxococcus xanthus. The vegetative rods are converted to microcysts in about 120 minutes.
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria; D003470:Culture Media; D005990:Glycerol; D009024:Morphogenesis; D016941:Myxococcus xanthus; D010600:Pharmacology; D012106:Research
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D005990:Glycerol
keywords: BACTERIA; CULTURE MEDIA; EXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDY; GLYCERIN; PHARMACOLOGY