Escherichia coli shows two types of behavioral responses to osmotic upshift.

doi:10.1128/jb.175.9.2564-2567.1993

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Escherichia coli shows two types of behavioral responses to osmotic upshift.

Journal of bacteriology - 1 May 1993

Li C, Adler J

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Behavioral responses to osmotic upshift were characterized by temporal assays of free-swimming cells of Escherichia coli. Small osmotic upshifts (200 to 300 mosM) elicited tumble responses which were chemotaxis dependent, while large osmotic upshifts (400 to 500 mosM) elicited stopping followed b...

Topics

Cell Movement
Chemotaxis
Escherichia coli
Glycerol
Mutation
Nitrates
Osmolar Concentration
Potassium Chloride
Signal Transduction
Time Factors

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