True Chemotaxis in Oxygen Gradients of the Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacterium Thiovulum majus
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- 1 July 2001
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 67 (7) , 3299-3303
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.67.7.3299-3303.2001
Abstract
Observations of free-swimming Thiovulum majus cells show that these bacteria exhibit a phobic response as well as true chemotaxis in oxygen gradients. Both phenomena of their chemotactic behavior are integrated into a single model of helical klinotaxis, which is demonstrated by computer simulations.Keywords
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