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BACTERIA AS
MULTICELLULAR
ORGANISMS
Edited by
JAMES A. SHAPIRO
& MARTIN DWORKIN
New York
Oxford
Oxford University Press
1997
Contents
Contributors
I. Conceptual Developments
1. Multiculturism versus the single microbe
M. Dworkin
2. Multicellularity: the rule, not the exception: Lessons from
Escherichia coli colonies
JA. Shapiro
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II. Intercellular Communication
3. Pheromone-inducible conjugation in Enterococcus faecalis:
Mating interactions mediated by chemical signals and
direct contact
R.E. Ruhfel, BA.B. Leonard, & G.M. Dunny
4. iV-acyl-L-homoserine lactone autoinducers in bacteria:
Unity and diversity
P.V. Dunlap
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III. Multicellular Life Styles
5. Cyanobacteria
D.G. Adams
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6. Mycelial life style of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) and
its relatives
K.F. Chater & R. Losick
149
7. Proteus mirabilis and other swarming bacteria
R. Betas
183
8. Myxobacterial multicellularity
L.J. Shimkets & M. Dworkin
220
9. Oral Microbiology and Coaggregation
P.E. Kolenbrander
245
IV. Examining Multicellular Populations
10. Flow cytometry: Useful tool for analyzing bacterial
populations cell by cell
B. Hauer & H. Eipel
11. In situ analyses of microbial populations with
molecular probes: Phylogenetic dimension
N.K. Fry, L. Raskin, R. Sharp, E.W. Aim, B.K. Mobarry,
& DA. Stahl
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V. Physical View of Bacterial Multicellularity
12. Physical and genetic consequences of multicellularity
in Bacillus subtilis
N.H. Mendelson, B. Salhi, & C. Li
339
13. Formation of colony patterns by a bacterial cell
population
M. Matsushita
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14. Cooperative formation of bacterial patterns
E. Ben-Jacob & I. Cohen
394
15. Collective behavior and dynamics of swimming bacteria
J.O. Kessler & M. F. Wojciechowski
417
Index
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