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The chemical-in-plug bacterial chemotaxis assay is prone to false positive responses
BACKGROUND: Chemical-in-plug assays are commonly used to study bacterial chemotaxis, sometimes in the absence of stringent controls. RESULTS: We report that non-chemotactic and non-motile mutants in two distinct bacterial species (Shewanella oneidensis and Helicobacter pylori) show apparent zones of...
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| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2010
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2857857/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20233446 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-3-77 |