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cheW - chemotaxis protein

Nostoc sp. PCC 7120

Nilsson, M. et al., Nilsson, M. et al.

Nilsson, Rasmussen, Bergman,

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Disease relevance of cheW

As all tested plant extracts generated chemotaxis, the possibility to attract cyanobacteria may be widespread in plants [1].
Furthermore, rice roots induced hormogonia in all tested Nostoc strains, but only Nostoc strain 9104 showed positive chemotaxis towards the root [2].

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Sugars (arabinose, galactose, and glucose) had a positive effect on chemotaxis, whereas flavonoids (chrysin and naringenin) and amino acids (methionine, glycine, serine, phenylalanine, glutamine, and lysine) had no effect [1].
Chemotaxis may be important when forming cyanobacterial symbioses [1].

References

Cyanobacterial chemotaxis to extracts of host and nonhost plants. Nilsson, M., Rasmussen, U., Bergman, B. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. (2006) [Pubmed]
Competition among symbiotic cyanobacterial Nostoc strains forming artificial associations with rice (Oryza sativa). Nilsson, M., Rasmussen, U., Bergman, B. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. (2005) [Pubmed]

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