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Negative chemotaxis in Escherichia coli.

Journal of bacteriology ·Vol. 118 ·No. 2 ·1974-05-00 ·Pages 560-76

Tso WW, Adler J

Abstract

Several methods for detecting or measuring negative chemotaxis are described. Using these, we have surveyed a number of chemicals for their ability to repel Escherichia coli. Although most of the repellents are harmful compounds, harmfulness is neither necessary nor sufficient to make a compound a repellent. The repellents can be grouped into at least nine classes according to (i) competition experiments, (ii) mutants lacking certain of the negative taxes, and (iii) their chemical structure. The specificity of each class was studied. It is suggested that each class corresponds to a distinct chemoreceptor. Generally, non-chemotactic mutants lack both positive and negative chemotaxis, and l-methionine is required for both kinds of taxis. Repellents at very low concentrations are not attractants, and attractants at very high concentrations are not repellents.

MeSH Terms
Acetates/pharmacology Alcohols/pharmacology Amino Acids/pharmacology Bacteriological Techniques Benzoates/pharmacology Butanols/pharmacology Chemotaxis Escherichia coli/cytology,drug effects Fatty Acids/pharmacology Hydrogen-Ion Concentration Indoles/pharmacology Leucine/pharmacology Methods Mutation Receptors, Drug Salicylates/pharmacology Stereoisomerism
Chemicals
Acetates Alcohols Amino Acids Benzoates Butanols Fatty Acids Indoles Receptors, Drug Salicylates Leucine
Authors & Affiliations
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Tso W W
Adler J
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of bacteriology
Abbr.
J Bacteriol
ISSN
0021-9193
DOI
10.1128/jb.118.2.560-576.1974
Published
1974-05-00
Pages
560-76
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
2985120R
PMCID
PMC246789
Subset
IM
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