"Decision"-Making in Bacteria: Chemotactic Response of <i>Escherichia coli</i> to Conflicting Stimuli
SciencePublished 21 June 1974
Julius Adler, Wung‐Wai Tso
Citations155
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Bacteria have a processing mechanism that compares opposing signals from the chemoreceptors for positive and negative taxis, sums these signals up, and then communicates the sum to the flagella.
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Motile bacteria presented simultaneously with both attractant and repellent respond to whichever one is present in the more effective concentration. Apparently bacteria have a processing mechanism that compares opposing signals from the chemoreceptors for positive and negative taxis, sums these signals up, and then communicates the sum to the flagella.
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MathematicsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
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