Aggregation during fruiting body formation in Myxococcus xanthus is driven by reducing cell movement.

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When starved, Myxococcus xanthus cells assemble themselves into aggregates of about 10(5) cells that grow into complex structures called fruiting bodies, where they later sporulate. Here we present new observations on the velocities of the cells, their orientations, and reversal rates during the...

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