pH Sensing in Bacillus subtilis: a New Path to a Common Goal. Academic Article

abstract

• pH is one of the most fundamental properties of the environments in which microorganisms live. It is, therefore, not surprising that bacteria have evolved mechanisms to sense and respond to pH. One aspect of this response for motile bacteria is to migrate to areas of optimal pH. The paper by P. Tohidifar, M. J. Plutz, G. W. Ordal, and C. V. Rao (J Bacteriol 202:e00491-19, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1128/JB.00491-19) describes how Bacillus subtilis uses bidirectional chemotaxis mediated by four closely related dCACHE_1 chemoreceptors to migrate to regions of neutral pH.

authors

• Manson, Michael

published proceedings

• J Bacteriol

altmetric score

• 0.25

author list (cited authors)

• Manson, M. D.

citation count

• 2

complete list of authors

• Manson, Michael D

editor list (cited editors)

• Stock, A. M.

publication date

• January 2020

publisher

• American Society for Microbiology  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Bacteriology  Journal

keywords

• Bacillus Subtilis
• Bacterial Proteins
• Chemotaxis
• Dcache_1 Chemoreceptors
• Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
• Ph Sensing

PubMed Central ID

• 31792011

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1128/JB.00701-19

start page

• e00701

end page

• e00719

volume

• 202

issue

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jb.00701-19