RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Chemoattraction of <em>Vibrio fischeri</em> to Serine, Nucleosides, and <em>N</em>-Acetylneuraminic Acid, a Component of Squid Light-Organ Mucus
JF Applied and Environmental Microbiology
JO Appl. Environ. Microbiol.
FD American Society for Microbiology
SP 7527
OP 7530
DO 10.1128/AEM.69.12.7527-7530.2003
VO 69
IS 12
A1 DeLoney-Marino, Cindy R.
A1 Wolfe, Alan J.
A1 Visick, Karen L.
YR 2003
UL http://aem.asm.org/content/69/12/7527.abstract
AB Newlyhatched juveniles of the Hawaiian squid Euprymna scolopes rapidly become colonized by the bioluminescent marine bacterium Vibrio fischeri. Motility is required to establish the symbiotic colonization, but the role of chemotaxis is unknown. In this study we analyzed chemotaxis of V. fischeri to a number of potential attractants. The bacterium migrated toward serine and most sugars tested. V. fischeri also exhibited the unusual ability to migrate to nucleosides and nucleotides as well as to N-acetylneuraminic acid, a component of squid mucus.