Introduction, Program, List of Participants

Abstract

The participants of the very stimulating first symposium on myxobacteria last year in Cold Spring Harbour pronounced unaminously the opinion that repeated meetings of this kind would be of great help for their research. Therefore it was decided to have a second symposium on myxobacteria in 1975 at a place in Germany. This place later turned out to be Braunschweig. The Gesellschaft fiir Biotechnologische Forschung, one of the Research Centres of the Federal Government of Germany, was kind enough to be host to the symposium. Fortunately again many of the investigators working in the field of myxobacteria were able to assemble. The many fascinating discussions which developed in the course of the meeting fully justified all efforts made in arranging this symposium and encouraged the participants to continue with this kind of communication. The booklet presented here gives the summaries of all the lectures and a record of the technical discussions held at the end of the meeting. It is intended to pass the information to all those colleagues who were kept from participating personally in the symposium.