The life cycle processes like fruiting body formation and vegetative swarming in Myxococcus xanthus, a gram-negative rod-shaped bacterium, require the involvement of controlled movements by gliding motility on surfaces, ...
A Gram-negative soil bacterium, Myxococcus xanthus, has a complex life cycle that is dependent on its motility. It is known to have two types of directed motility, social motility (S-motility) and gliding or adventurous ...