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Abstract
pH is one of the most fundamental properties of the environments in which microorganisms live. It is, therefore, not surprising that bacteria have evolved mechanisms to sense and respond to pH. One aspect of this response for motile bacteria is to migrate to areas of optimal pH. The paper by P. Tohidifar, M. J. Plutz, G. W. Ordal, and C. V. Rao (J Bacteriol 202:e00491-19, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1128/JB.00491-19) describes how Bacillus subtilis uses bidirectional chemotaxis mediated by four closely related dCACHE_1 chemoreceptors to migrate to regions of neutral pH.Entities:
Keywords: Bacillus subtiliszzm321990; chemotaxis; dCACHE_1 chemoreceptors; pH sensing
Year: 2020 PMID: 31792011 PMCID: PMC6989801 DOI: 10.1128/JB.00701-19
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490