Nitroaromatic compounds are relatively rare in nature and have been introduced into the
environment mainly by human activities. This important class of industrial chemicals is …

Chemoreceptors in bacteria detect a variety of signals and feed this information into
chemosensory pathways that represent a major mode of signal transduction. The five …

Widespread pollution of terrestrial ecosystems with petroleum hydrocarbons (PHCs) has
generated a need for remediation and, given that many PHCs are biodegradable, bio-and …

Pseudomonads sense changes in the concentration of chemicals in their environment and
exhibit a behavioral response mediated by flagella or pili coupled with a chemosensory …

Most nitroaromatic compounds are toxic and mutagenic for living organisms, but some
microorganisms have developed oxidative or reductive pathways to degrade or transform …

Worldwide industrial development has released hazardous polycyclic aromatic compounds
into the environment. These pollutants need to be removed to improve the quality of the …

The ability of microbes to rapidly sense and adapt to environmental changes plays a major
role in structuring microbial communities, in affecting microbial activities, as well as in …

Nitrated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (nitro-PAHs) enter the environment from natural
sources and anthropogenic activities. To date, microorganisms able to mineralize nitro …

The exposure of bacteria to pollutants induces frequently chemoattraction or chemorepellent
reactions. Recent research suggests that the capacity to degrade a toxic compound has co …

Bacterial chemotaxis is an adaptive behaviour, which requires sophisticated information‐
processing capabilities that cause motile bacteria to either move towards or flee from …