ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2008
The thermal impulse response of Escherichia coli.
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Abstract
Swimming Escherichia coli responds to changes in temperature by modifying its motor behavior. Previous studies using populations of cells have shown that E. coli accumulate in spatial thermal gradients, but these experiments did not cleanly separate thermal responses from chemotactic responses. Here we have isolated the thermal response by studying the behavior of single, tethered cells. The motor output of cells grown at 33 degrees C was measured at constant temperature, from 10 degrees to 40 degrees C, and in response to small, impulsive increases in temperature, from 23 degrees to 43 degrees C. The thermal impulse response at temperatures < 31 degrees C is similar to the chemotactic impulse response: Both follow a similar time course, share the same directionality, and show biphasic characteristics. At temperatures > 31 degrees C, some cells show an inverted response, switching from warm- to cold-seeking behavior. The fraction of inverted responses increases nonlinearly with temperature, switching steeply at the preferred temperature of 37 degrees C.
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