Medical Definition of Bacterial chemotaxis

1. The response of bacteria to gradients of attractants or repellents. In a gradient of attractant the probability of deviating from a smooth forward path is reduced if the bacterium is moving up gradient. Since the opposite is true if moving down gradient, the effect is to bias displacement towards the source of attractant. Strictly should perhaps be considered a klinokinesis with adaptation. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bacterial Chemotaxis

bacteria bed
bacteria family
bacteria genus
bacteria order
bacteria species
bacteriacide
bacteriae
bacteriaemia
bacterial
bacterial adhesion
bacterial allergy
bacterial antagonism
bacterial capsule
bacterial capsules
bacterial cast
bacterial chemotaxis (current term)
bacterial conjunctivitis
bacterial cystitis
bacterial encephalitis
bacterial endarteritis
bacterial endocarditis
bacterial endospore
bacterial flagella
bacterial flora
bacterial food poisoning
bacterial growth
bacterial infection
bacterial infections
bacterial infections and mycoses

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