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Abstract
SUMMARY: The life cycle in Sporocytophaga closely resembles that of the non-sporing eubacteria.
The haploid microcyst germinates, the resulting cell containing two paired chromosomes reproducing vegetatively. An autogamous fusion and subsequent reduction division precede the maturation of the microcyst.
Sporocytophaga differs from Myxococcus by the absence of fruiting body formation, and in the details of its nuclear cycle. These bacteria may possibly be regarded as the ancestors of the higher myxobacteria.
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© Society for General Microbiology 1951