RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Clarke, Colin H. A1 Napier, IreneYR 1983 T1 Inhibitors of Fruiting-body Formation and Challenge Time Experiments in Myxococcus xanthus JF Microbiology, VO 129 IS 1 SP 117 OP 122 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-129-1-117 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1465-2080, AB Purines, amino acids and their analogues, polypeptide and other antibiotics, and a range of other chemicals were screened by a spot-testing technique for inhibition of vegetative growth, or of fruiting-body formation, in the bacterium Myxococcus xanthus. Selected fruiting inhibitors were tested by challenge time-transfer experiments. In general, delayed addition of inhibitors up to the time of late aggregation prevented subsequent completion of fruiting. Conversely, cells held in the presence of a fruiting inhibitor for extended periods did not rapidly lose the ability to fruit subsequently on removal of the inhibitor., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-129-1-117