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Journal of Bacteriology, November 2007, p. 7937-7941, Vol. 189, No. 21
0021-9193/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.00942-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

New Locus Important for Myxococcus Social Motility and Development{triangledown}

Cui-ying Zhang, Ke Cai, Hong Liu, Yong Zhang, Hong-wei Pan, Bing Wang, Zhi-hong Wu, Wei Hu, and Yue-zhong Li*

State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, College of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, People's Republic of China

Received 14 June 2007/ Accepted 20 August 2007

The mts locus in salt-tolerant Myxococcus fulvus HW-1 was found to be critical for gliding motility, fruiting-body formation, and sporulation. The homologous genes in Myxococcus xanthus are also important for social motility and fruiting-body development. The mts genes were determined to be involved in cell-cell cohesion in both myxobacterial species.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, College of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, People's Republic of China. Phone and fax: 86-531-88564288. E-mail: lilab{at}sdu.edu.cn

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 24 August 2007.

Journal of Bacteriology, November 2007, p. 7937-7941, Vol. 189, No. 21
0021-9193/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.00942-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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