MicrobiologybioRxiv
Modulation of bacterial multicellularity via spatiotemporal polysaccharide secretion
S. T. Islam, I. Vergara Alvarez, F. Saïdi…·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.
DOI 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000728