Prescott's Microbiology
Prescott's Microbiology
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259281594
Author: Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood Adjunt Professor Lecturer, Christopher J. Woolverton Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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A sensory receptor involved in the transduction of chemical signal into an action potential is referred to as a chemoreceptor. They are located on the cell membrane and are capable of detecting specific chemical stimuli present in the environment. MCP (methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins) is one such kind of chemoreceptor. These receptors mediate chemotaxis to diverse signals of the environment and make the bacteria to respond accordingly.

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