Straight-chain fatty acids are dispensable in the myxobacterium Myxococcus xanthus for vegetative growth and fruiting body formation.

doi:10.1128/JB.00438-06

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Straight-chain fatty acids are dispensable in the myxobacterium Myxococcus xanthus for vegetative growth and fruiting body formation.

Journal of bacteriology - 1 Aug 2006

Bode Helge B, Ring Michael W, Kaiser Dale, David Anna C, Kroppenstedt Reiner M, Schwär Gertrud

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Inactivation of the MXAN_0853 gene blocked the production in Myxococcus xanthus of straight-chain fatty acids which otherwise represent 30% of total fatty acids. Despite this drastic change in the fatty acid profile, no change in phenotype could be observed, which contrasts with previous interpretations of the role of straight-chain fatty acids in the organism's development.

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3-Oxoacyl-(Acyl-Carrier-Protein) Synthase
Fatty Acids
Mutation
Myxococcus xanthus

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PMID: 16855254
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00438-06
PMCID: PMC1540027

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