Straight-Chain Fatty Acids Are Dispensable in the Myxobacterium Myxococcus xanthus for Vegetative Growth and Fruiting Body Formation | Zendy

Helge B. Bode | Zendy; Michael W. Ring | Zendy; Dale Kaiser | Zendy; Anna C. David | Zendy; Reiner M. Kroppenstedt | Zendy; Gertrud Schwär | Zendy

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Straight-Chain Fatty Acids Are Dispensable in the Myxobacterium Myxococcus xanthus for Vegetative Growth and Fruiting Body Formation

Author(s) -

Helge B. Bode,

Michael W. Ring,

Dale Kaiser,

Anna C. David,

Reiner M. Kroppenstedt,

Gertrud Schwär

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

journal of bacteriology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.652

H-Index - 246

eISSN - 1067-8832

pISSN - 0021-9193

DOI - 10.1128/jb.00438-06

Subject(s) - myxococcus xanthus , biology , fatty acid , biochemistry , organism , phenotype , gene , genetics , mutant

Inactivation of the MXAN_0853 gene blocked the production in Myxococcus xanthus of straight-chain fatty acids which otherwise represent 30% of total fatty acids. Despite this drastic change in the fatty acid profile, no change in phenotype could be observed, which contrasts with previous interpretations of the role of straight-chain fatty acids in the organism's development.

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