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Aerotaxis in Halobacterium salinarium is methylation-dependent.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Nov 1995
Lindbeck J C, Goulbourne E A, Johnson M S, Taylor B L
Abstract excerpt
The behavioural response to a gradient of oxygen (aerotaxis) has been characterized in the archaeon, Halobacterium salinarium. When the gas surrounding a drop of H. salinarium strain S9-P culture was changed abruptly from 10% (v/v) O2 to 100% N2, the bacteria transiently increased the frequency of reversing before they adapted and resumed random swimming. When the gas was returned to 10% O2 the bacteria responded...
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