Genetic analysis of tag mutants of Myxococcus xanthus provides evidence for two developmental aggregation systems.

Abstract excerpt

Temperature-dependent aggregation mutants (tag) of the myxobacterium Myxococcus xanthus aggregated into mounds and developed into fruiting bodies normally at 28 degrees C; however, they failed to form mounds at 34 degrees C. The timing of sporulation was unaffected by the mutations, and normal numbers of spores were produced at both permissive and restrictive temperatures. This class of mutations was originally...

Topics

• Coliphages
• DNA Transposable Elements
• Escherichia coli
• Genetic Complementation Test
• Genotype
• Models, Genetic
• Mutagens
• Mutation
• Myxococcales
• Phenotype
• Plasmids
• Recombination, Genetic