  Myxococcus xanthus is a unicellular organism whose cells possess the ability
to move and communicate, leading to the emergence of complex collective
properties and behaviours. This has made it an ideal model system to study the
emergence of collective behaviours in interdisciplinary research efforts lying
at the intersection of biology and physics, especially in the growing field of
active matter research. Often, challenges arise when setting up reliable and
reproducible culturing protocols. This tutorial provides a clear and
comprehensive guide on the culture, growth, development, and experimental
sample preparation of \textit{M. xanthus}. Additionally, it includes some
representative examples of experiments that can be conducted using these
samples, namely motility assays, fruiting body formation, predation, and
elasticotaxis.
