Myxococcus xanthus, like other myxobacteria, is a social bacterium that moves and feeds
cooperatively in predatory groups. On surfaces, rod-shaped vegetative cells move in search …

Myxobacteria are ubiquitous in soil environments. They display a complex life cycle:
vegetatively growing cells coordinate their motility to form multicellular swarms, which upon …

Photosynthesis is a fundamental biogeochemical process, thought to be restricted to a few
bacterial and eukaryotic phyla. However, understanding the origin and evolution of …

The first documented study on bacterial predation was carried out using myxobacteria three
quarters of a century ago. Since then, many predatory strains, diverse hunting strategies …

Generalist bacterial predators are likely to strongly shape many important ecological and
evolutionary features of microbial communities, for example by altering the character and …

Bacterial predators are widely distributed across a variety of natural environments.
Understanding predatory interactions is of great importance since they play a defining role in …

Trophic interactions are crucial for carbon cycling in food webs. Traditionally, eukaryotic
micropredators are considered the major micropredators of bacteria in soils, although …

Discovery of antimicrobials in the past century represented one of the most important
advances in public health. Unfortunately, the massive use of these compounds in medicine …

Myxococcus xanthus kills other species to use their biomass as an energy source. Its
predation mechanisms allow feeding on a broad spectrum of bacteria, but the identity of …

Ecological variation influences the character of many biotic interactions, but examples of
predator–prey reversal mediated by abiotic context are few. We show that the temperature at …