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Photographs (taken with a ×16 phase contrast objective lens) of M. xanthus aggregates at 8, 11, and 24 h for the first three frames. The last frame shows an electron micrograph of an early aggregate, a traffic jam. [Reproduced with permission from refs. 19 and 32 (Copyright 1982 and 2004, American Society for Microbiology).]
