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    Myxococcus xanthus is a gram-negative, bacillus (or rod-shaped) species of myxobacteria that is typically found in the top-most layer of soil. These bacteria...
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    that M. xanthus and M. virescens were not distinguishable. One notable characteristic of Myxococcus is its formation of fruiting bodies. Myxococcus are known...
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    protein found in Myxococcus xanthus. Its name derives from being the "S" band in an alphabetical ordering of proteins run from Myxococcus xanthus cell contents...
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  • than the normal gut flora. Myxococcus is a genus of gram-negative bacterium in the Myxococcacae family. Myxococcus xanthus specifically, a bacillus myxobacteria...
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  • of sea snail Cephonodes xanthus, a moth of the family Sphingidae Myxococcus xanthus, a proteobacterium Paracirrhites xanthus, a hawkfish from the Eastern...
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    majority of research on adventurous motility has focused on the species, Myxococcus xanthus. The earliest of this research is attributed to Jonathan Hodgkin and...
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    species are called predatory bacteria. These include organisms such as Myxococcus xanthus, which forms swarms of cells that kill and digest any bacteria they...
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    polysaccharide production in gram-negative bacteria like the model Myxococcus xanthus which have four different mechanisms of polysaccharide secretion and...
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    motility or the production of polysaccharides and development is Myxococcus xanthus. Biosafety Microbes and Man Professional organizations American Society...
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    apicomplexans are able to travel at fast rates between 1–10 μm/s. In contrast Myxococcus xanthus bacteria glide at a rate of 0.08 μm/s. Cell-invasion and gliding motility...
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