Modulation of bacterial multicellularity via spatiotemporal polysaccharide secretion
S. T. Islam, I. Vergara Alvarez, F. Saïdi, A. Giuseppi, E. Vinogradov, C. Morrone, G. Brasseur, G. Sharma, A. Benarouche, J.-L. Bridot, G. Ravicoularamin, A. Cagna, C. Gauthier, M. Singer, H.-P. Fierobe, , E. M. F. Mauriello
The paper shows that Myxococcus xanthus uses temporally and spatially controlled polysaccharide secretion to coordinate multicellular behaviors like swarm migration and biofilm formation.
bioRxiv · Feb 20, 2020Microbiology