James Somers personal blog
The baffling intelligence of a single cell: The story of E. coli chemotaxis
I want to tell the story of a beautiful phenomenon in biology. In some sense it’s the prototype of much of the activity of life. The phenomenon is the way in which an individual cell of E. coli forages for nutrients. This process, known as “chemotaxis”—the “chemo-” for chemical and the “taxis” from the Greek τάξις…
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| Mar 21, 2024 | The baffling intelligence of a single cell: The story of E. coli chemotaxis by jsomers | 511 | 213 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | The baffling intelligence of a single cell (2024) by jsomers | 420 | 144 |
