Local polar order controls mechanical stress and triggers layer formation in Myxococcus xanthus colonies

Abstract Colonies of the social bacterium Myxococcus xanthus go through a morphological transition from a thin colony of cells to three-dimensional droplet-like fruiting bodies as a strategy to survive starvation. The biological pathways that control the decision to form a fruiting body have been st...

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Main Authors: Endao Han, Chenyi Fei, Ricard Alert, Katherine Copenhagen, Matthias D. Koch, Ned S. Wingreen, Joshua W. Shaevitz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-55806-6
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