Cyanobacteria use micro-optics to sense light direction

Bacterial phototaxis was first recognized over a century ago, but the method by which such small cells can sense the direction of illumination has remained puzzling. The unicellular cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 moves with Type IV pili and measures light intensity and color with a range...

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Autores principales: Schuergers, Nils, Lenn, Tchern, Kampmann, Ronald, Meissner, Markus V, Esteves, Tiago, Temerinac-Ott, Maja, Korvink, Jan G, Lowe, Alan R, Mullineaux, Conrad W, Wilde, Annegret
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2016
Materias:
Physics of Living Systems
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4758948/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26858197
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.12620

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4758948/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26858197
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.12620

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