Remy Colin

Jun 26, 2023 | nature.com | Josy ter Beek |Laura Alvarez |André Mateus |Remy Colin |Athanasios Typas |Mikhail M. Savitski | +3 more

AbstractTo explore favourable niches while avoiding threats, many bacteria use a chemotaxis navigation system. Despite decades of studies on chemotaxis, most signals and sensory proteins are still unknown. Many bacterial species release d-amino acids to the environment; however, their function remains largely unrecognized. Here we reveal that d-arginine and d-lysine are chemotactic repellent signals for the cholera pathogen Vibrio cholerae.