ArticleScientific reports2017
Phototaxis beyond turning: persistent accumulation and response acclimation of the microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
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- Intermediate light adaptation induces oscillatory phototaxis switching and pattern formation inProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
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- Cells collectively migrate during ammonium chemotaxis in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Microbial Cells as a Microrobots: From Drug Delivery to Advanced Biosensors.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Phototaxis of Chlamydomonas arises from a tuned adaptive photoresponse shared with multicellular Volvocine green algae.Physical review. E · 2023Article
- Phototactic microswimmers in pulsatile flow: Toward a novel harvesting method.Biomicrofluidics · 2022Article
- Confinement-induced accumulation and de-mixing of microscopic active-passive mixtures.Nature communications · 2022Article
- Self-generated oxygen gradients control collective aggregation of photosynthetic microbes.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2021Article
- Temporal fluctuations in chemotaxis gain implement a simulated-tempering strategy for efficient navigation in complex environments.iScience · 2021Article
- Helical Klinotactic Locomotion of Two-Link Nanoswimmers with Dual-Function Drug-Loaded Soft Polysaccharide Hinges.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2021Article
- Photo-bioconvection: towards light control of flows in active suspensions.Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences · 2020Review
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Abstract
Phototaxis is an important reaction to light displayed by a wide range of motile microorganisms. Flagellated eukaryotic microalgae in particular, like the model organism Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, steer either towards or away from light by a rapid and precisely timed modulation of their flagellar activity. Cell steering, however, is only the beginning of a much longer process which ultimately allows cells to determine their light exposure history. This process is not well understood. Here we present a first quantitative study of the long timescale phototactic motility of Chlamydomonas at both single cell and population levels. Our results reveal that the phototactic strategy adopted by these microorganisms leads to an efficient exposure to light, and that the phototactic response is modulated over typical timescales of tens of seconds. The adaptation dynamics for phototaxis and chlorophyll fluorescence show a striking quantitative agreement, suggesting that photosynthesis controls quantitatively how cells navigate a light field.
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