Myxobacteria; multicellularity and differentiation.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

From: SciTech Book News | Date: March 1, 2008 | Copyright information

9781555814205

Myxobacteria; multicellularity and differentiation.

Ed. by David E. Whitworth.

ASM Press

2008

520 pages

$169.95

Hardcover

QR82

These bacteria exhibit several behaviors considered rare within the bacterial world but commonplace in eukaryotes, including the title multicellular development and cellular differentiation. This collection of 30 papers covers those behaviors but also includes coverage of analogous behaviors seen in other organisms as well, to set myxobacterial biology in a greater context, and contributors include ...

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