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Mutations affecting predation ability of the soil bacterium Myxococcus xanthus.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Jun 2005
Pham Vinh D, Shebelut Conrad W, Diodati Michelle E, Bull Carolee T, Singer Mitchell
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Myxococcus xanthus genetic mutants with characterized phenotypes were analysed for the ability to prey on susceptible bacteria. Quantification of predatory ability was scored by a newly developed method under conditions in which prey bacteria provided the only source of nutrients. These results were corroborated by data derived using a previously published protocol that measures predation in the presence of...
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