Bacteriophages of Myxococcus xanthus, a Social Bacterium.

摘要: Bacteriophages have been used as molecular tools in fundamental biology investigations for decades. Beyond this, however, they play a crucial role the eco-evolutionary dynamics of bacterial communities through their demographic impact and source genetic information represent. The increasing interest describing ecological evolutionary aspects bacteria⁻phage interactions has led to major insights into characteristics, including arms race acquired immunity. Here, we review knowledge on phages myxobacteria with focus infecting Myxococcus xanthus, model system widely study developmental social evolution. In particular, upon isolation myxophages from natural sources describe morphology life cycle parameters, well genetics genomics groups myxophages. Finally, propose several interesting research directions which interplay between myxobacterial host sociality interactions.