Genomes of Novel Myxococcota Reveal Severely Curtailed Machineries for Predation and Cellular Differentiation-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Genomes of Novel Myxococcota Reveal Severely Curtailed Machineries for Predation and Cellular Differentiation

Published:2021-11-10 Issue:23 Volume:87 Page:
ISSN:0099-2240
Container-title:Applied and Environmental Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:Appl Environ Microbiol

Author:

Murphy Chelsea L.¹,Yang R.¹,Decker T.¹,Cavalliere C.¹,Andreev V.²,Bircher N.¹,Cornell J.¹,Dohmen R.¹,Pratt C. J.³,Grinnell A.¹,Higgs J.¹,Jett C.¹,Gillett E.¹,Khadka R.¹,Mares S.¹,Meili C.¹^ORCID,Liu J.⁴,Mukhtar H.¹,Elshahed Mostafa S.¹,Youssef Noha H.¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA

2. Department of Plant Biology, Ecology, and Evolution, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA

3. Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA

4. Department of Animal Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA

Abstract

The phylum Myxococcota is a phylogenetically coherent bacterial lineage that exhibits unique social traits. Cultured Myxococcota are predominantly aerobic soil-dwelling microorganisms that are capable of predation and fruiting body formation.

Funder

National Science Foundation

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Ecology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Food Science,Biotechnology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/AEM.01706-21

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