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n. - Movement by a cell or organism in reaction to a stimulus by a substance with a particular molecular structure.

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  • This complex is crucial for a process known as chemotaxis which controls the movement of a bacterium when it senses a chemical or nutrient gradient in its environment.
  • "These same issues of microbial 'navigation,' or so-called chemotaxis, are important for microbial processing of biofuels," said Paul Gilna, director of the ORNL-led DOE...
  • Armitage 2004 Making sense of it all: bacterial chemotaxis.
  • An assay to measure chemotaxis (motility) is also available.
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