A number of reports have demonstrated that microcysts, the resting cells produced by most myxobacteria, are more resistant than the corresponding vegetative cells. Baur (1) showed that mycrocysts of Myxococcus ruber withstood desiccation and wet and dry heat better than did vegetative cells. In 1936, Imshenetsky and Solnetzewa (6) reported comparable findings for Cytophaga hutchinsonil and C. e...

Myxobacteria are social bacteria, that can glide in 2D and form counter-propagating, interacting waves. Here we present a novel age-structured, continuous macroscopic model for the movement of myxobacteria. The derivation is based on microscopic interaction rules that can be formulated as a particle-based model and set within the SOH (Self-Organized Hydrodynamics) framework. The strength of thi...