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  1. Fatty Acid Oxidation Is Required for Myxococcus xanthus Development

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, March 2018, ASM Journals

    Lawrence Shimkets

  2. Rhizobial galactoglucan determines the predatory pattern of Myxococcus xanthus and protects Sinorhizobium meliloti from predation

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, April 2014, Wiley

    Lawrence Shimkets, Professor José Muñoz-Dorado

  3. Metabolic Pathways Relevant to Predation, Signaling, and Development

    Article • April 2014, ASM Journals

    Lawrence Shimkets

  4. The Dif Chemosensory System Is Required for S Motility, Biofilm Formation, Chemotaxis, and Development in Myxococcus xanthus

    Article • April 2014, ASM Journals

    Lawrence Shimkets

  5. Growth, Sporulation, and Other Tough Decisions

    Article • April 2014, ASM Journals

    Lawrence Shimkets

  6. Two Lipid Signals Guide Fruiting Body Development of Myxococcus xanthus

    Article • mBio, February 2014, ASM Journals

    Lawrence Shimkets

  7. The Myxococcus xanthus Two-Component System CorSR Regulates Expression of a Gene Cluster Involved in Maintaining Copper Tolerance during Growth and Development

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2013, PLOS

    Lawrence Shimkets, Professor José Muñoz-Dorado

  8. Characterization of Myxococcus xanthusMazF and implications for a new point of regulation

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, February 2013, Wiley

    Lawrence Shimkets

  9. Prokaryotic Life Cycles

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Lawrence Shimkets

  10. Identification and Localization of Myxococcus xanthus Porins and Lipoproteins

    Article • PLoS ONE, November 2011, PLOS

    Lawrence Shimkets

  11. Statistical image analysis reveals features affecting fates of Myxococcus xanthus developmental aggregates

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, March 2011, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Lawrence Shimkets

  12. Myxococcus xanthus induces actinorhodin overproduction and aerial mycelium formation by Streptomyces coelicolor

    Article • Microbial Biotechnology, September 2010, Wiley

    Lawrence Shimkets, Professor José Muñoz-Dorado

  13. Development, Prokaryotic: Variety and Versatility

    Article • January 2009, Elsevier

    Lawrence Shimkets

  14. Survival in Nuclear Waste, Extreme Resistance, and Potential Applications Gleaned from the Genome Sequence of Kineococcus radiotolerans SRS30216

    Article • PLoS ONE, December 2008, PLOS

    Lawrence Shimkets

  15. The Mosaic Genome of Anaeromyxobacter dehalogenans Strain 2CP-C Suggests an Aerobic Common Ancestor to the Delta-Proteobacteria

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2008, PLOS

    Lawrence Shimkets

  16. Genome Evolution and the Emergence of Fruiting Body Development in Myxococcus xanthus

    Article • PLoS ONE, December 2007, PLOS

    Lawrence Shimkets

  17. Spatial Organization of Myxococcus xanthus during Fruiting Body Formation

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, October 2007, ASM Journals

    Lawrence Shimkets

  18. Proteins Associated with the Myxococcus xanthus Extracellular Matrix

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, August 2007, ASM Journals

    Lawrence Shimkets

  19. Geographical Distribution and Diversity of Bacteria Associated with Natural Populations of Drosophila melanogaster

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 2007, ASM Journals

    Lawrence Shimkets

  20. Lipolytic Enzymes in Myxococcus xanthus

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, February 2007, ASM Journals

    Lawrence Shimkets

  21. Lysophosphatidylethanolamine Is a Substrate for the Short-Chain Alcohol Dehydrogenase SocA from Myxococcus xanthus

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, October 2006, ASM Journals

    Lawrence Shimkets

  22. Phospholipid directed motility of surface‐motile bacteria

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, August 2006, Wiley

    Lawrence Shimkets

  23. FibA and PilA act cooperatively during fruiting body formation of Myxococcus xanthus

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, August 2006, Wiley

    Lawrence Shimkets

  24. Novel lipids in Myxococcus xanthus and their role in chemotaxis

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, June 2006, Wiley

    Lawrence Shimkets

  25. Cohesion-Defective Mutants of Myxococcus xanthus

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, June 2006, ASM Journals

    Lawrence Shimkets

  26. The Myxobacteria

    Article • January 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Lawrence Shimkets

  27. The Dif chemosensory pathway is directly involved in phosphatidylethanolamine sensory transduction in Myxococcus xanthus

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, July 2005, Wiley

    Lawrence Shimkets

  28. Membrane Localization of Motility, Signaling, and Polyketide Synthetase Proteins in Myxococcus xanthus

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, September 2003, ASM Journals

    Lawrence Shimkets

  29. Recovery of novel bacterial diversity from a forested wetland impacted by reject coal

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, November 2002, Wiley

    Lawrence Shimkets

  30. An Extracellular Matrix-Associated Zinc Metalloprotease Is Required for Dilauroyl Phosphatidylethanolamine Chemotactic Excitation in Myxococcus xanthus

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, March 2002, ASM Journals

    Lawrence Shimkets

  31. Mapping of Myxococcus xanthus Social Motility dsp Mutations to the dif Genes

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, March 2002, ASM Journals

    Lawrence Shimkets

  32. Identification of a developmental chemoattractant in Myxococcus xanthus through metabolic engineering

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, November 2001, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Lawrence Shimkets

  33. Piecing together a puzzling pathway: new insights into C-signaling

    Article • Trends in Microbiology, October 2001, Elsevier

    Lawrence Shimkets

  34. Lipid chemotaxis and signal transduction in Myxococcus xanthus

    Article • Trends in Microbiology, March 2001, Elsevier

    Lawrence Shimkets

  35. Pseudomonas aeruginosa Exhibits Directed Twitching Motility Up Phosphatidylethanolamine Gradients

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, January 2001, ASM Journals

    Lawrence Shimkets

  36. [10] Directed movement and surface-borne motility of myxococcus and pseudomonas

    Article • January 2001, Elsevier

    Lawrence Shimkets

  37. Myxococcus xanthus dif Genes Are Required for Biogenesis of Cell Surface Fibrils Essential for Social Gliding Motility

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, October 2000, ASM Journals

    Lawrence Shimkets

  38. Myxococcus xanthus fibril appendages are essential for excitation by a phospholipid attractant

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 2000, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Lawrence Shimkets

  39. The Myxococcus xanthus socE and csgA genes are regulated by the stringent response

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, August 2000, Wiley

    Lawrence Shimkets

  40. Prokaryotic Development

    Article • December 1999, ASM Journals

    Lawrence Shimkets

  41. Intercellular Signaling During Fruiting-Body Development ofMyxococcus xanthus

    Article • Annual Review of Microbiology, October 1999, Annual Reviews

    Lawrence Shimkets

  42. Multicellular Development in the Myxobacteria Myxococcus xanthus and Stigmetalla aurantiaca

    Article • January 1999, Springer Science + Business Media

    Lawrence Shimkets

  43. Chemotaxis in a gliding bacterium

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, September 1998, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Lawrence Shimkets

  44. Persistence and Dissemination of Introduced Bacteria in Freshwater Microcosms

    Article • Microbial Ecology, September 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Lawrence Shimkets

  45. Myxococcus xanthus DK 1622

    Article • January 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Lawrence Shimkets

  46. Structure and Sizes of Genomes of the Archaea and Bacteria

    Article • January 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Lawrence Shimkets

  47. 16S rRNA Gene Probes for Deinococcus species

    Article • Systematic and Applied Microbiology, October 1996, Elsevier

    Lawrence Shimkets

  48. A tactile sensory system of Myxococcus xanthus involves an extracellular NAD(P)(+)-containing protein.

    Article • Genes & Development, December 1995, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Lawrence Shimkets

  49. A physical map of the Myxococcus xanthus chromosome.

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, September 1994, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Lawrence Shimkets

  50. Effect of Macroinvertebrates on Detachment of Bacteria from Biofilms in Stream Microcosms

    Article • Journal of the North American Benthological Society, March 1994, University of Chicago Press

    Lawrence Shimkets

  51. Spatial cues play a role in the development of Myxococcus xanthus

    Article • BioEssays, March 1994, Wiley

    Lawrence Shimkets

  52. Spatial and temporal variability of antibiotic resistance in freshwater bacterial assemblages

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, December 1993, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Lawrence Shimkets

  53. A phylogenetic analysis of the myxobacteria: basis for their classification.

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 1992, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Lawrence Shimkets

  54. Information spiraling: Movement of bacteria and their genes in streams

    Article • Microbial Ecology, July 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Lawrence Shimkets

  55. csgA expression entrains Myxococcus xanthus development.

    Article • Genes & Development, March 1992, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Lawrence Shimkets

  56. The role of the cell surface in social and adventurous behaviour of myxobacteria

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, September 1989, Wiley

    Lawrence Shimkets

  57. Use of recombination techniques to examine the structure of the csg locus of Myxococcus xanthus

    Article • January 1988

    Lawrence Shimkets

  58. Control of Morphogenesis in Myxobacteria

    Article • CRC Critical Reviews in Microbiology, January 1987, Taylor & Francis

    Lawrence Shimkets

  59. Nutrition, Metabolism, and the Initiation of Development

    Article • January 1984, Springer Science + Business Media

    Lawrence Shimkets

  60. Developmental cell interactions in Myxococcus xanthus and the spoC locus

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, March 1983, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Lawrence Shimkets

  61. Excreted adenosine is a cell density signal for the initiation of fruiting body formation in Myxococcus xanthus

    Article • Developmental Biology, May 1981, Elsevier

    Lawrence Shimkets

  62. A method for establishing stable concentration gradients in agar suitable for studying chemotaxis on a solid surface

    Article • Canadian Journal of Microbiology, December 1979, Canadian Science Publishing

    Lawrence Shimkets