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Bacterial chemotaxis: A survey

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Chemotactic bacteria likeE. coli respond to chemical gradients. The translational movements of individual cells can be traced. These are coupled to the rotation of the cell body. Both types of motions are regular in temporal attractant or repellent gradients. A corresponding regularity is observed for bacterial populations in spatial gradients. The distribution of a bacterial population is space and time may be described by a diffusion equation linked to the motions of single cells.

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Schiller, R. Bacterial chemotaxis: A survey. Gen Relat Gravit 7, 127–133 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00762020

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