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SUBMITTER: Rendueles O
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5270557 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rendueles Olaya O Velicer Gregory J GJ
The ISME journal 20160923 2
Evolutionary adaptation can be achieved by mechanisms accessible to all organisms, including faster growth and interference competition, but self-generated motility offers additional possibilities. We tested whether 55 populations of the bacterium Myxococcus xanthus that underwent selection for increased fitness at the leading edge of swarming colonies adapted by swarming faster toward unused resources or by other means. Populations adapted greatly but diversified markedly in both swarming pheno ...[more]