Abstract
Myxobacteria are exceptional bacteria in that they have an obvious complex life-cycle, resembling that of slime fungi, in which the feeding stage consists of individual rods moving with a gliding action on solid surfaces and subsequently forming fruiting bodies composed of numerous microcysts. The phase-contrast microscope provides a means of studying these processes which are as yet little understood. As observed in situ , by phase-contrast, the edge of the swarm of Myxococcus fulvus is composed of bacteria, singly or in groups, moving without orientation. The central area shows a pattern of ridges, with numerous small foci, at the centres of which the microcysts develop. Fruiting bodies are formed from groups of such foci. The critical factor for initiation of fruiting appears to be the concentration of cells.
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