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BACTERIAL motility is thought to be ecologically important, especially in environments containing inadequate nutrients. Many bacteria have highly specialised tactic systems that allow them to detect physical or chemical gradients and to swim either to or away from the source. Motility and chemotaxis seem to be important also in bacterial film formation on surfaces and in marine fouling1.
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MEGANATHAN, R., MARQUIS, R. Loss of Bacterial Motility under Pressure. Nature 246, 525–527 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/246525a0
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