Omics Studies Revealed the Factors Involved in the Formation of Colony Boundary in Myxococcus xanthus
Two unrecognizable strains of the same bacterial species form a distinct colony boundary.During growth as colonies, Myxococcus xanthus uses multiple factors to establish cooperation between recognized strains and prevent interactions with unrecognized strains of the same species.Here, ΔMXAN_0049 is a mutant strain deficient in immunity for the