title: Chemotactic Behaviors of Vibrio cholerae Cells.
abstract: Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of cholera, swims in aqueous environments with a single polar flagellum. In a spatial gradient of a chemical, the bacterium can migrate in "favorable" directions, a property that is termed chemotaxis. The chemotaxis of V. cholerae is not only critical for survival in various environments and but also is implicated in pathogenicity. In this chapter, we describe how to characterize the chemotactic behaviors of V. cholerae: these methods include swarm assay, temporal stimulation assay, capillary assay, and receptor methylation assay.
authors.affiliation: Department of Frontier Bioscience, Hosei University, Kajino-cho, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8584, Japan. ikurok@hosei.ac.jp.|Research Center for Micro-Nano Technology, Hosei University, Midori-cho, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan. ikurok@hosei.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Ikuro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kawagishi
authors.affiliation: Department of Frontier Bioscience, Hosei University, Kajino-cho, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8584, Japan.|Research Center for Micro-Nano Technology, Hosei University, Midori-cho, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: So-Ichiro
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Nishiyama
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002633:Chemotaxis / Q000502:physiology*; D002771:Cholera / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D005407:Flagella / Q000378:metabolism; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D014774:Virulence / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins
keywords: Capillary assay; Chemotaxis; Receptor methylation assay; Swarm assay; Temporal stimulation assay; Vibrio cholerae