Myxococcus xanthus - institutes/working groups

Max-Planck-Institute for terrestrial Microbiolog, Marburg, Dept. of Ecophysiology

Helmholtz Institute for Pharmazeutical Research, Saarland (HIPS), Dept. Microbial natural products

Video

Myxococcus xanthus swarm preying on an E. coli colony I HIPS (Volz)

Myxococcus xanthus forming a fruiting body I HIPS (Volz)

further video links:

Myxococcus xanthus swarm preying on an E. coli colony I James Berlemann

Myxococcus xanthus fruiting body formationI James Berlemann

Transmission of a signal that synchronizes cell movements in swarms of Myxococcus xanthus I PNAS 2014, Dale Kaiser und Hans Warrick

Literature

• Cystobactamide - Antibiotics of the future? I Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research

• Myxococcus xanthus: Microbe of the Year 2020 I Max Planck Institute for terrestrial Microbiology

• The predatory live cycle of Mycococcus xantus I Ryan Keane, James Berleman I Microbiology 162,1 I 2016
• Regulations governing the multicellular lifestyle of Myxococcus xanthus I Romain Mercier, Tâm Mignot I Current Opinion in Microbiology 34,104-110 I 2016

further information:

• photos/ press images (respect copyright)
• working groups, literature, audio, video
• press release Microbe of the Year 2020 (German)
• poster 2020
• presentation for lecturers (German)