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The role of microbial motility and chemotaxis in symbiosis.
Journal article

The role of microbial motility and chemotaxis in symbiosis.

  • Raina JB Climate Change Cluster (C3), University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia. Jean-Baptiste.Raina@uts.edu.au.
  • Fernandez V Institute of Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Lambert B Institute of Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Stocker R Institute of Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Seymour JR Climate Change Cluster (C3), University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
  • 2019-03-30
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  • Nature reviews. Microbiology. - 2019
Bacteria
Bacterial Physiological Phenomena
Chemotaxis
Genome, Bacterial
Movement
Phylogeny
Phytoplankton
Symbiosis
English Many symbiotic relationships rely on the acquisition of microbial partners from the environment. However, the mechanisms by which microbial symbionts find and colonize their hosts are often unknown. We propose that the acquisition of environmental symbionts often necessitates active migration and colonization by the symbionts through motility and chemotaxis. The pivotal role of these behaviours in the onset and maintenance of symbiotic interactions is well established in a small number of model systems but remains largely overlooked for the many symbioses that involve the recruitment of microbial partners from the environment. In this Review, we highlight when, where and how chemotaxis and motility can enable symbiont recruitment and propose that these symbiont behaviours are important across a wide range of hosts and environments.
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