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Bacterial chemotaxis

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Also: E. coli swimming, run and tumble

Bacteria steer toward food by swimming in runs and randomly tumbling, a simple strategy for navigation.

Known properties: Bacterial chemotaxis

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  • E. coli moves toward amino acids by suppressing its spontaneous changes of direction. doi:10.1038/239500a0

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  1. 1972 Tracking bacteria in 3D

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Tracking bacteria in 3D

Berg and Brown analysed E. coli chemotaxis by tracking individual bacteria in three dimensions.

As reported in: BERG, BROWN (1972). Chemotaxis in Escherichia coli analysed by Three-dimensional Tracking. Nature. doi:10.1038/239500a0

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