Continuous-Flow Capillary Assay for Measuring Bacterial Chemotaxis
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Continuous-flow capillary assay for measuring bacterial chemotaxis.
Bacterial chemotaxis may have a significant impact on the structure and function of bacterial communities. Quantification of chemotactic motion is necessary to identify chemoeffectors and to determine the bacterial transport parameters used in predictive models of chemotaxis. When the chemotactic bacteria consume the chemoeffector, the chemoeffector gradient to which the bacteria respond may be...
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عنوان ژورنال: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0099-2240,1098-5336
DOI: 10.1128/aem.71.6.3137-3143.2005