Image: Myxococcus xanthus

Description: Some 100,000 Myxococcus xanthus cells amassed into a fruiting body with spores, above. Experimental competitions showed that some strains of this social bacterium exploited others.
Title: Myxococcus xanthus
Credit: Antisocial Behavior in Cooperative Bacteria (or, Why Can't Bacteria Just Get Along?). PLoS Biology Vol. 3/11/2005, e398 doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0030398
Author: (Image: Michiel Vos)
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