Steady-State Chemotactic Response in E. coli

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dc.creatorKafri, Yariv
dc.creatorda Silveira, Rava Azeredo
dc.date2007-10-25
dc.date2007-11-29
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T08:45:34Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T08:45:34Z
dc.descriptionThe bacterium E. coli maneuvers itself to regions with high chemoattractant concentrations by performing two stereotypical moves: `runs', in which it moves in near straight lines, and `tumbles', in which it does not advance but changes direction randomly. The duration of each move is stochastic and depends upon the chemoattractant concentration experienced in the recent past. We relate this stochastic behavior to the steady-state density of a bacterium population, and we derive the latter as a function of chemoattractant concentration. In contrast to earlier treatments, here we account for the effects of temporal correlations and variable tumbling durations. A range of behaviors obtains, that depends subtly upon several aspects of the system - memory, correlation, and tumbling stochasticity in particular.
dc.description4 pages, 1 figure - shorter version with typos fixed
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0710.4625
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0710.4625
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/143000
dc.subjectCell Behavior
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.subjectBiological Physics
dc.subjectQuantitative Methods
dc.titleSteady-State Chemotactic Response in E. coli
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