Myxobacteria: multicellularity & differentiation Multicellularity and Differentiation

This volume represents a major review of many aspects of myxobacterial biology, including multicellularity, social behavior, differentiation, cellular regulation, metabolism, evolution, and ecology. Synthesizing the latest knowledge on myxobacteria, this accessible volume will be indispensable for both specialists and nonspecialists interested in the field.

Table of Contents Myxobacterial Biology 1. From Glycerol to the Genome, Dale Kaiser and Martin Dworkin 2. Why Cooperate? The Ecology and Evolution of Myxobacteria, Gregory J. Velicer and Kristina L. Hillesland Development and Motility 3. Initiation and Early Developmental Events, Michelle E. Diodati, Ronald E. Gill, Lynda Plamann, and Mitchell Singer 4. Contact-Dependent Signaling in Myxococcus xanthus: The Function of the C-Signal in Fruiting Body Morphogenesis, Lotte Søgaard-Andersen 5. Reversing Myxococcus xanthus Polarity, Dale Kaiser 6. Gliding Motility of Myxococcus xanthus, Patricia Hartzell, Wenyuan Shi, and Philip Youderian 7. The Frz Chemosensory System of Myxococcus xanthus, David R. Zusman, Yuki F. Inclán, and Tâm Mignot Regulatory Mechanisms 8. The Chemosensory Signal Transduction Systems in Myxococcus xanthus, John R. Kirby, James E. Berleman, Susanne Müller, Di Li, Jodie C. Scott, and Janet M. Wilson 9. Transcriptional Regulatory Mechanisms during Myxococcus xanthus Development, Lee Kroos and Sumiko Inouye 10. Two-Component Signal Transduction Systems of the Myxobacteria, David E. Whitworth and Peter J. A. Cock 11. Protein Ser/Thr Kinases and Phosphatases in Myxococcus xanthus, Sumiko Inouye, Hirofumi Nariya, and José Muñoz-Dorado 12. Carotenogenesis in Myxococcus xanthus: a Complex Regulatory Network, Montserrat Elías-Arnanz, Marta Fontes, and S. Padmanabhan Structure and Metabolism 13. Composition, Structure, and Function of the Myxococcus xanthus Cell Envelope, Heidi B. Kaplan, Xue-yan Duan, Mehdi Esmaeiliyan, and Zhaomin Yang 14. Metabolic Pathways Relevant to Predation, Signaling, and Development, Patrick D. Curtis and Lawrence J. Shimkets 15. Secondary Metabolism in Myxobacteria, Helge B. Bode and Rolf Müller Myxobacterial Genomics and Postgenomics 16. The Genomes of Myxococcus xanthus and Stigmatella aurantiaca, Catherine M. Ronning and William C. Nierman 17. A Post-Genomic Overview of the Myxobacteria, Garret Suen, Barry S. Goldman, and Roy D. Welch Stigmatella and Sorangium 18. The Challenge of Structural Complexity: Stigmatella aurantiaca as an Alternative Myxobacterial Model, Wulf Plaga 19. Sorangium cellulosum, Klaus Gerth, Olena Perlova, and Rolf Müller Analogous Systems 20. Bdellovibrio: Lone Hunter "Cousin" of the "Pack Hunting" Myxobacteria, K. J. Evans, L. Hobley, C. Lambert, and R. E. Sockett 21. Bacillus subtilis Sporulation and Other Multicellular Behaviors, Lee Kroos, Patrick J. Piggot, and Charles P. Moran, Jr. 22. Developmental Control in Caulobacter crescentus: Strategies for Survival in Oligotrophic Environments, Deanne L. Pierce and Yves V. Brun 23. Developmental Biology of Heterocysts, 2007, Jindong Zhao and C. Peter Wolk 24. Multicellular Development in Streptomyces, Marie A. Elliott, Mark J. Buttner, and Justin R. Nodwell 25. A Eukaryotic Neighbor: Dictyostelium discoideum, Derrick Brazill and Richard H. Gomer 26. Multispecies Interactions and Biofilm Community Development, Paul E. Kolenbrander, Nicholas S. Jakubovics, and Natalia I. Chalmers Myxobacterial Methods 27. Myxococcus xanthus: Cultivation, Motility, and Development, Penelope I. Higgs and John P. Merlie, Jr. 28. Myxococcus xanthus: Expression Analysis, Frank-Dietrich Müller and Jimmy Schouv Jakobsen 29. Genetic Tools for Studying Myxococcus xanthus Biology, Kimberly A. Murphy and Anthony G. Garza 30. Sorangium cellulosum Methods, Anke Treuner-Lange, Sabrina Doß, and Tina Knauber