title: Phototaxis: Life in focus.
abstract: Single-celled photosynthetic bacteria determine the direction of incoming light by acting as lenses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, United States.
authors.forename: Carol
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-6913-6913
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dieckmann
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, United States.
authors.forename: Telsa
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-2894-3986
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mittelmeier
mesh_terms: D000458:Cyanobacteria; D008027:Light; D000071444:Phototaxis; D046939:Synechocystis
keywords: Cyanobacteria; Micro-optics; Phototaxis; Signal transduction; Synechocystis sp PCC6803; Thermosynechococcus elongatus; biophysics; infectious disease; microbiology; structural biology