Predicted auxiliary navigation mechanism of peritrichously flagellated chemotactic bacteria.

Chemotactic movement of Escherichia coli is one of the most thoroughly studied paradigms of simple behavior. Due to significant competitive advantage conferred by chemotaxis and to high evolution rates in bacteria, the chemotaxis system is expected to be strongly optimized. Bacteria follow gradients...

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Main Authors: Nikita Vladimirov, Dirk Lebiedz, Victor Sourjik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-03-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2841612?pdf=render