Most swimming bacteria are capable of following gradients of nutrients, signaling molecules
and other environmental factors that affect bacterial physiology. This tactic behavior became …

Highlights•Bacteria use the chemotaxis pathway to navigate in complex environments.•E.
coli chemotaxis pathway is composed of a transduction and an adaptation module.•The …

Bacterial chemotaxis, the directed movement of cells along gradients of chemoattractants, is
among the best-characterized subjects in molecular biology,,,,,,,,–, but much less is known …

Attachment is a necessary first step in bacterial commitment to surface-associated behaviors
that include colonization, biofilm formation, and host-directed virulence. The Gram-negative …

Chemotactic migration of bacteria—their ability to direct multicellular motion along chemical
gradients—is central to processes in agriculture, the environment, and medicine. However …

The ability of a species to colonize newly available habitats is crucial to its overall fitness,–.
In general, motility and fast expansion are expected to be beneficial for colonization and …

Collective behaviors require coordination among a group of individuals. As a result,
individuals that are too phenotypically different from the rest of the group can be left out …

Living cells detect and process external signals using signaling pathways that are affected
by random fluctuations. These variations cause the behavior of individual cells to fluctuate …

We present in vivo single-cell FRET measurements in the Escherichia coli chemotaxis
system that reveal pervasive signaling variability, both across cells in isogenic populations …

Chemotactic bacteria not only navigate chemical gradients, but also shape their
environments by consuming and secreting attractants. Investigating how these processes …