Turing [E for effort]

[From Bruce Abbott (960131.1020 EST)]

Do anybody please remember me the name of that bacteria that react to
certain chamical that stop forwarding when me thing the right chemical
as I do when meeting the right girl? Please help me remember!

Actually there are at least two: salmonella and e. coli.

References:

  MacNab, R. M., & Koshland, D. E., Jr. (1972). The grdient-sensing
      mechanism in bacterial chemotaxis. _Proceedings of the National
      Academy of Science USA_, _69_, 2509-2512.

  Marken, R. S., & Powers, W. T. (1989). Random-walk chemotaxis: Trial
      and error as a control process. _Behavioral Neuroscience_, _103_,
      1348-1355.

Regards,

Bruce