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Metabolism-dependent taxis towards (methyl)phenols is coupled through the most abundant of three polar localized Aer-like proteins of Pseudomonas putida.
Environmental microbiology - 1 May 2008
Sarand Inga, Osterberg Sofia, Holmqvist Sofie, Holmfeldt Per, Skärfstad Eleonore, Parales Rebecca E, Shingler Victoria
Abstract excerpt
Comparatively little is known about directed motility of environmental bacteria to common aromatic pollutants. Here, by expressing different parts of a (methyl)phenol-degradative pathway and the use of specific mutants, we show that taxis of Pseudomonas putida towards (methyl)phenols is dictated by its ability to catabolize the aromatic compound. Thus, in contrast to previously described chemoreceptor-mediated...
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