How do Myxobacteria communicate?
How do Myxobacteria communicate? To survive in nature, Myxobacteria communicate with their peers, using signals that elicit specific responses. Several different extra-cellular signals have been identified for fruiting body development and one is hypothesized for swarm development. Some extra-cellular signals are small, diffusible molecules. What does myxococcus Xanthus do? M. xanthus feeds on dead biomass of a broad range of bacteria and some fungi, discriminating live from dead cells, and causing cell death and lysis when required. What advantage does it hold for Myxobacteria cells to form complex fruiting structures? Sporulation within multicellular fruiting bodies has the benefit of enabling...