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Meaning of "aerotactic" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AEROTACTIC

ˌɛərəʊˈtæktɪk


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AEROTACTIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Aerotactic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES AEROTACTIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Taxis

A taxis is the movement of an organism in response to a stimulus such as light or the presence of food. Taxes are innate behavioral responses. A taxis differs from a tropism in that the organism has motility and demonstrates guided movement towards or away from the stimulus source. It is sometimes distinguished from a kinesis, a non-directional change in activity in response to a stimulus.

Definition of aerotactic in the English dictionary

The definition of aerotactic in the dictionary is of movement towards or away from oxygen.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AEROTACTIC

asyntactic · atactic · chemotactic · geotactic · heliotactic · heterotactic · hydrotactic · hypotactic · isotactic · paratactic · phonotactic · phototactic · phyllotactic · rheotactic · stereotactic · syndiotactic · syntactic · tactic · thermotactic · thigmotactic

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AEROTACTIC

aerosol · aerosol can · aerosol spray · aerosolization · aerosolize · aerospace · aerosphere · aerostat · aerostatic · aerostatical · aerostatics · aerostation · aerostructure · aerotaxis · aerothermodynamic · aerothermodynamics · aerotone · aerotrain · aerotropic · aerotropism

WORDS THAT END LIKE AEROTACTIC

anaphylactic · anticlimactic · arctic · ataractic · autodidactic · chiropractic · climactic · delaying tactic · didactic · emphractic · extragalactic · galactic · intergalactic · lactic · malolactic · nondidactic · parallactic · phylactic · practic · prophylactic · undidactic

Synonyms and antonyms of aerotactic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «aerotactic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AEROTACTIC

Find out the translation of aerotactic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of aerotactic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «aerotactic» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

aerotactic
1,325 millions of speakers
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aerotactic
570 millions of speakers
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aerotactic
510 millions of speakers
hi

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aerotactic
380 millions of speakers
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aerotactic
280 millions of speakers
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aerotactic
278 millions of speakers
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aerotactic
270 millions of speakers
bn

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aerotactic
260 millions of speakers
fr

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aerotactic
220 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Malay

Aerotaktik
190 millions of speakers
de

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aerotactic
180 millions of speakers
ja

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aerotactic
130 millions of speakers
ko

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aerotactic
85 millions of speakers
jv

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Aerotactic
85 millions of speakers
vi

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aerotactic
80 millions of speakers
ta

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aerotactic
75 millions of speakers
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एरोटॅटिक
75 millions of speakers
tr

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aerotactic
70 millions of speakers
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aerotactic
65 millions of speakers
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aerotactic
50 millions of speakers
uk

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aerotactic
40 millions of speakers
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aerotactic
30 millions of speakers
el

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aerotactic
15 millions of speakers
af

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aerotactic
14 millions of speakers
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aerotactic
10 millions of speakers
no

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aerotactic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of aerotactic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AEROTACTIC»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about aerotactic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AEROTACTIC»

Discover the use of aerotactic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to aerotactic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Smallest Biomolecules: Diatomics and their Interactions ...
JF-5 HemAT-Ac ZP_01146785.1 Aerotactic HAMP:MCP -Proteobacteria 481 – 15 Gluconobacter oxydans str. 621H HemAT-Go AAW60540.1 Aerotactic MCP - Proteobacteria 458 – 16 Magnetospirillum magnetotacticum MS-1 HemAT-MmA  ...
Abhik Ghosh, 2011
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Aerotactic Signaling by HemAT-Hs and HemAT-Bs
HemAT-Hs and HemAT-Bs are heme-containing aerotactic transducers from the halophilic archaeon Halobacterium salinarum and gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis, respectively.
Jennifer A. Saito, 2008
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Magnetoreception and Magnetosomes in Bacteria
Two different magneto-aerotactic mechanisms, polar and axial, have been proposed for strain MC-1 and M. magnetotacticum, respectively (Frankel et al. 1997). The magnetotactic bacteria, including magnetotactic cocci in addition to strain ...
Dirk Schüler, 2006
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Biology of the Chemotactic Response
E. coli only shows a chemotactic response to nitrate under these conditions ( Taylor et a/.. 1979). In the presence of oxygen. the nitrate reductase is inhibited and chemotaxis towards nitrate is lost. but the cells now show an aerotactic response.
Society for General Microbiology. Symposium, Judith P. Armitage, J. M. Lackie, 1990
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Biomineralization: Progress in Biology, Molecular Biology ...
The behavior of individual cells of M. magnetotacticum in aerotactic bands, termed axial magneto-aerotaxis, is consistent with the temporal sensory mechanism [27]. In contrast, the ubiquitous freshwater and marine, bilophotrichously ...
Edmund Bäuerlein, 2006
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Fundamentals of Microbiology
I HYPOTH ESIS: Photosynthesis is more efficient with certain colors within the spectrum of white light. If so, then the aerotactic bacterial cells can be used to identify which colors (wavelengths) are more efficient (as measured by the production ...
Jeffrey C. Pommerville, 2013
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Two-Component Signaling Systems
aerotactic band with a clearing zone on the (right) anaerobic side of the band. At higher magnification (800Â), motile cells can be seen near the meniscus, but both cell density and motility increase in the center of the aerotactic band.
‎2011
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Magnetism: Molecules to Materials IV
The direction of migration, parallel or antiparallel to the magnetic field, is determined by the direction of flagellar rotation (clockwise (cw) or counter- clockwise (ccw)) which in turn is determined by a second sensory system, the aerotactic ...
Joel S. Miller, Marc Drillon, 2006
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Azospirillum/Plant Associations
Azospirilla move aerotactically to self created gradients of low dissolved oxygen and form an aerotactic band in capillaries in a few seconds; while the formation of the chemotactic band towards sugars and amino acids takes minutes.79 In ...
Yaacov Okon, 1993
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The Facts on File Dictionary of Botany
Compare anaerobic respiration. aerotaxis (aerotactic movement) A TAXIS in response to an oxygen concentration gradient. For instance, motile aerobic bacteria are positively aerotactic, whereas motile obligate anaerobic bacteria are  ...
Jill Bailey, 2002

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AEROTACTIC»

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Brazil: Napalm in the Ribeira Valley
On 24 March 1970, in a ceremony to open activities for the 2nd Aerotactic Force at the Santa Cruz (RJ) base presided over by the Minister of ... «Upside Down World, Sep 14»
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High-flying firies play a key role in battling bushfires
Eleven aircraft have now joined the fight: five water bomber planes, three bomber helicopters, two aerotactic helicopters and mapping aircraft. «Clarence Valley Daily Examiner, Aug 14»
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Aerotactic [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/aerotactic>. May 2024 ».
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