autochemotactic

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adjective

Relating to chemotaxis due to a chemical stimulant released by the organism itself.

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Meanings

adjectiveautochemotactic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableRelating to chemotaxis due to a chemical stimulant released by the organism itself.

    We demonstrate that active rotations in chemically signalling particles, such as autochemotactic {\it E. coli} close to walls, create a route for pattern formation based on a nonlinear yet deterministic instability mechanism.

    2016, Benno Liebchen, Michael E. Cates, Davide Marenduzzo, “Pattern Formation in Chemically Interacting Active Rotors with Self-Propulsion”, in arXiv

Origin

From auto- + chemotactic.

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