Cytosine chemoreceptor McpC in Pseudomonas putida F1 also detects nicotinic acid.
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SUBMITTER: Parales RE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4811638 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec
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Cytosine chemoreceptor McpC in Pseudomonas putida F1 also detects nicotinic acid.
Parales Rebecca E RE Nesteryuk Vasyl V Hughes Jonathan G JG Luu Rita A RA Ditty Jayna L JL
Microbiology (Reading, England) 20141007 Pt 12
Soil bacteria are generally capable of growth on a wide range of organic chemicals, and pseudomonads are particularly adept at utilizing aromatic compounds. Pseudomonads are motile bacteria that are capable of sensing a wide range of chemicals, using both energy taxis and chemotaxis. Whilst the identification of specific chemicals detected by the ≥26 chemoreceptors encoded in Pseudomonas genomes is ongoing, the functions of only a limited number of Pseudomonas chemoreceptors have been revealed t ...[more]
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