Community structure and diversity of myxobacteria in soils from Inner Mongolia, China [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyMyxobacteria are a special kind of Gram-negative bacteria that can slide and produce a variety of bioactive substances against bacteria, fungi, and viruses. It has great development and research value in medicine and agriculture.
Zhihua Wu +5 more
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Establishing conserved biosynthetic gene clusters of the phylum Myxococcota [PDF]
Applied and Environmental MicrobiologyA surge in sequenced myxobacteria catalyzed by advancements in long-read genome and metagenome sequencing has provided sufficient data to scrutinize the conserved biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) within the phylum Myxococcota.
Shailaja Khanal Pokharel +6 more
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Diversity and Functional Distribution Characteristics of Myxobacterial Communities in the Rhizosphere of Tamarix chinensis Lour in Ebinur Lake Wetland, China [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2023 Soil salinity and desertification are seriously threatening the ecological environment of Ebinur Lake Wetland. Myxobacteria are the main soil microbes in this wetland.
Xuemei Chen +5 more
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From predation to function: how myxobacteria drive soil microbial community dynamics and ecological functions [PDF]
Applied and Environmental MicrobiologyPredatory myxobacteria play a crucial role as key predators in the soil microbial food web, influencing microbial community structure and functions.
Wei Dai +4 more
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Myxobacteria isolated from recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS): ecology and significance as off-flavor producers [PDF]
Applied and Environmental MicrobiologyDespite advances in the operation of recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS), accumulation of earthy-muddy off-flavors in the fish remains a potential risk.
Julia Södergren +5 more
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Photoactivation in Myxobacterial Phytochrome: Early Events [PDF]
Structural DynamicsMyxobacteria are non-photosynthetic, soil bacteria distinguished by a multicellular stage in their life cycle known as fruiting bodies. Stimulated by light, fruiting bodies from myxobacteria may rely on phytochrome function as protein photoreceptor ...
Emina A Stojkovic +3 more
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A geranylgeranyl reductase homolog required for cholesterol production in Myxococcota [PDF]
Journal of BacteriologyMyxococcota is a phylum of sterol-producing bacteria. They exhibit a clade depth for sterol biosynthesis unparalleled in the bacterial domain and produce sterols of a biosynthetic complexity that rivals eukaryotes.
Alysha K. Lee, Paula V. Welander
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Milestones in the development of Myxococcus xanthus as a model multicellular bacterium [PDF]
Journal of BacteriologyFrom the humblest of beginnings (i.e. a pile of dry cow dung) over 80 years ago, the Gram-negative bacterium Myxococcus xanthus has emerged as a premier model system for studying diverse fields of bacteriology, including multicellular development ...
Lee Kroos +16 more
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An upgraded Myxococcus xanthus chassis with enhanced growth characteristics for efficient genetic manipulation [PDF]
Engineering MicrobiologyMyxobacteria are well known for multicellular social behaviors and valued for biosynthesis of natural products. Myxobacteria social behaviors such as clumping growth severely hamper strain cultivation and genetic manipulation.
Wei-feng Hu +6 more
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Comparative genomic insight into the myxobacterial carbohydrate-degrading potential [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyMyxobacteria are an intriguing group of social-behavior-depicting microbes with unique physiological characteristics such as fruiting body formation, gliding motility, and predation, encompassing the largest genomes (>9 Mb) within the Eubacteria ...
Niharika Saraf, Gaurav Sharma
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