FIG. 6.

2dGlc impairs fruiting body morphogenesis during the development of M. xanthus. The morphologies of developing wild-type and hex3 and hex1 mutant cells were photographed with a Nikon SMZ-U stereomicroscope at a magnification of ×15 on TPM medium and TPM medium supplemented with 0.05% 2dGlc 120 h after the onset of starvation. (A) Wild type on TPM; (B) hex3 on TPM; (C) hex1 on TPM; (D) wild type on TPM plus 2dGlc; (E) hex3 on TPM plus 2dGlc; (F) hex1 on TPM plus 2dGlc.