Different strategies of osmoadaptation in the closely related marine myxobacteria SWB007 and SIR-1.

Only a few myxobacteria are known to date that are classified as marine, owing to their salt dependency. In this study, the salt tolerance mechanism of these bacteria was investigated. To this end, a growth medium was designed in which the mutated strain BKA13 served as sole food source for the predatory, heterotrophic myxobacteria.