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. 1971 Jun;106(3):863-7.
doi: 10.1128/jb.106.3.863-867.1971.

Chemical detection of microbial prey by bacterial predators

I Chet, S Fogel, R Mitchell

Chemical detection of microbial prey by bacterial predators

I Chet et al. J Bacteriol. 1971 Jun.

Abstract

A motile, predacious bacterium which degraded Pythium debaryanum was strongly attracted to substances released into the medium by the fungus. A nonpredacious bacterium was not attracted to these substances. The predator bacterium was specifically attracted to cellulose and its oligomers which are known to be components of the cell wall of Pythium. Ethanol inhibited chemotaxis of the bacterium without affecting either its motility or its ability to degrade cellulose. A second predacious bacterium was isolated for the alga, Skeletonema costatum. The role of chemoreception in the detection of microbial prey by bacterial predators in natural habitats is discussed.

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