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Inside the fruiting bodies, cells develop into rounded myxo[[spores]] with thick cell walls. These myxospores, like [[spore]]s in other organisms, survive until nutrients are more plentiful. Then [[cell growth]] is restarted with a group (swarm) of myxobacteria, not just isolated cells.  Similar life cycles have developed among the [[amoebae]] called cellular [[slime mould]]s.

Inside the fruiting bodies, cells develop into rounded myxo[[spores]] with thick cell walls. These myxospores, like [[spore]]s in other organisms, survive until nutrients are more plentiful. Then [[cell growth]] is restarted with a group (swarm) of myxobacteria, not just isolated cells.  Similar life cycles have developed among the [[amoebae]] called cellular [[slime mould]]s.

== Uses ==

== Uses ==

Myxobacteria produce a number of biomedically and industrially useful chemicals, such as [[antibiotic]]s, and export those chemicals outside of the cell.<ref name=Reichenbach_2001>{{cite journal | author=Reichenbach H | title=Myxobacteria, producers of novel bioactive substances | journal=J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol | year=2001 | pages=149–56 | volume=27 | issue=3 | pmid=11780785 | doi=10.1038/sj.jim.7000025 | s2cid=34964313 }}</ref> Some myxobacteria are used as [[model organism]]s for the study of development. At a molecular level, initiation of fruiting body development is regulated by [[Pxr sRNA]].<ref name ="Yu10">{{cite journal |author=Yu Y.T; Yuan X. & Velicer G.J. |title=Adaptive evolution of an sRNA that controls Myxococcus development |journal=Science |volume=328 |issue=5981 |pages=993 |date=2010 |pmid=20489016 |doi=10.1126/science.1187200 |pmc=3027070|bibcode=2010Sci...328..993Y }}</ref><ref name="Fie06">{{cite journal |author=Fiegna F. |display-authors = etal |title=Evolution of an obligate social cheater to a superior cooperator |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_nature-uk_2006-05-18_441_7091/page/310 |journal=Nature |volume=441 |issue=7091 |pages=310–4 |date=2006 |pmid=16710413 |doi=10.1038/nature04677|bibcode = 2006Natur.441..310F |s2cid = 4371886 }}</ref>

Myxobacteria produce a number of biomedically and industrially useful chemicals, such as [[antibiotic]]s, and export those chemicals outside of the cell.<ref name=Reichenbach_2001>{{cite journal | author=Reichenbach H | title=Myxobacteria, producers of novel bioactive substances | url=https://archive.org/details/journal-of-industrial-microbiology-biotechnology_2001-09_27_3/page/149 | journal=J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol | year=2001 | pages=149–56 | volume=27 | issue=3 | pmid=11780785 | doi=10.1038/sj.jim.7000025 | s2cid=34964313 }}</ref> Some myxobacteria are used as [[model organism]]s for the study of development. At a molecular level, initiation of fruiting body development is regulated by [[Pxr sRNA]].<ref name ="Yu10">{{cite journal |author=Yu Y.T; Yuan X. & Velicer G.J. |title=Adaptive evolution of an sRNA that controls Myxococcus development |journal=Science |volume=328 |issue=5981 |pages=993 |date=2010 |pmid=20489016 |doi=10.1126/science.1187200 |pmc=3027070|bibcode=2010Sci...328..993Y }}</ref><ref name="Fie06">{{cite journal |author=Fiegna F. |display-authors = etal |title=Evolution of an obligate social cheater to a superior cooperator |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_nature-uk_2006-05-18_441_7091/page/310 |journal=Nature |volume=441 |issue=7091 |pages=310–4 |date=2006 |pmid=16710413 |doi=10.1038/nature04677|bibcode = 2006Natur.441..310F |s2cid = 4371886 }}</ref>

== References ==

== References ==

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[[Category:Gram-negative bacteria]]

[[Category:Gram-negative bacteria]]