The Role of Adaptation in Bacterial Speed Races.

Evolution of biological sensory systems is driven by the need for efficient responses to environmental stimuli. A paradigm among prokaryotes is the chemotaxis system, which allows bacteria to navigate gradients of chemoattractants by biasing their run-and-tumble motion. A notable feature of chemotax...

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Main Authors: Jérôme Wong-Ng, Anna Melbinger, Antonio Celani, Massimo Vergassola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-06-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4892596?pdf=render