Related Experiment Video
Updated: Aug 14, 2026

09:46
A Method for Obtaining Serial Ultrathin Sections of Microorganisms in Transmission Electron Microscopy
Published on: January 17, 2018
Nuclear activity and cell division in the microcysts of Myxococcus fulvus demonstrated by electron micrography of
Differentiation; Research in Biological Diversity
|August 3, 1976
Abstract:
Electron micrographs of sectioned fruiting bodies confirm that, in Myxococcus fulvus, approximately 10% of mature microcysts show appearances interpretable as typical bacterial nuclear activity and cell division. This suggests a simple mechanism for fruiting body development, and its existence bears upon the validity of the classical descriptions of microcyst maturation in myxobacteria.

