Bacteria are not too small for spatial sensing of chemical gradients: An experimental evidence

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 5748-5753

  Thar, Roland ^a   Kühl, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SURFACE; COMPLEX FORMATION; FLAGELLUM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SENSOR; VELOCITY;

ALGAE; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; CHEMOTAXIS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEAWATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0037948805     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1030795100     Document Type: Article

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