How bacterial chemotaxis is performed is much better understood than why. Traditionally,
chemotaxis has been understood as a foraging strategy by which bacteria enhance their …

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

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 …

Until now, most brain studies have focused on small numbers of neurons that interact in
limited circuits, allowing analysis of individual computations or steps of neural processing …

Organisms acquire and use information from their environment to guide their behaviour.
However, it is unclear whether this information quantitatively limits their performance at …

Many microorganisms face a fundamental trade-off between reproduction and survival:
Rapid growth boosts population size but makes microorganisms sensitive to external …

Over the past few years, tools that make use of the Cas9 nuclease have led to many
breakthroughs, including in the control of gene expression. The catalytically dead variant of …

Natural selection has shaped the strategies for survival and growth of microorganisms. The
success of microorganisms depends not only on slow evolutionary tuning but also on the …

Many microorganisms have evolved chemotactic strategies to exploit the microscale
heterogeneity that frequently characterizes microbial habitats. Chemotaxis has been …

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 …