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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

Predator avoidance promotes inter-bacterial symbiosis with myxobacteria in polymicrobial communities.

Shailaja Khanal, Sheila Walsh, Nawal Shehata, Andrew Ahearne, Daniel Belin, Britney Larson, Benjamin Tabor, Daniel Wall, Cole Stevens

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Shailaja KhanalDepartment of Biomolecular Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677, USA.
Sheila WalshDepartment of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, 1000 E University Avenue, Laramie, WY 82071, USA.
Nawal ShehataDepartment of Biomolecular Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677, USA.
Andrew AhearneDepartment of Biomolecular Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677, USA.
Daniel BelinDepartment of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, 1000 E University Avenue, Laramie, WY 82071, USA.
Britney LarsonDepartment of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, 1000 E University Avenue, Laramie, WY 82071, USA.
Benjamin TaborDepartment of Biomolecular Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677, USA.
Daniel WallDepartment of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, 1000 E University Avenue, Laramie, WY 82071, USA.
Cole StevensDepartment of Biomolecular Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6668-9419

Funding

Tracking Glycosylation State with Fluorinated Glycosides ProbesP20GM130460 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI · PI Jinchao Lou · 2020 to 2026
$17.9M
Self-nonself recognition and multicellularity in myxobacteria: Equipment supplementR35GM140886 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING · PI DANIEL WALL · 2021 to 2026
$2.1M
Expansion and application of synthetic biology tools for natural products discovery from myxobacteriaR01GM149795 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI · PI David Cole Stevens · 2024 to 2026
$868k
NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM130460NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM149795NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM140886
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Myxobacteria are predatory soil bacteria with the largest known bacterial genomes, rich in biosynthetic gene clusters for specialized metabolites. Despite their ecological importance as potential keystone taxa in soil food webs, there is a disconnect between laboratory-isolated myxobacteria and abundant Myxococcota detected in environmental metagenomic studies. Here, we report the isolation and characterization of stable myxobacterial swarm consortia from rhizospheric soil, consisting of myxobacteria associated with novel

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Archangiumbacterial symbiosishorizontal gene transferMicrovirgamyxobacteriapredation avoidancesoil microbiome

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PMCPMC12919014

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