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J. Bacteriol., 06 1996, 3480-3485, Vol 178, No. 12
Copyright © 1996, American Society for Microbiology

Gliding motility in slide cultures of Myxococcus xanthus in stable and steep chemical gradients

S Tieman, A Koch and D White
Program in Microbiology, Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington 47405-6801, USA.

A method was devised to construct stable and steep chemical gradients in slide cultures to study the movements of gliding cells. The movement of Myxococcus xanthus individual cells and small swarms was studied in these gradients. There was no response to gradients of Casitone and yeast extract that were previously reported to stimulate a positive chemotactic response with M. xanthus.

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