Chlamydomonas reinhardii swimming speed

Similarly, chemotactic behaviour of bacteria is controlled by Ca . Mobile bacteria swim towards certain chemicals and away from others. Such bacteria can swim smoothly in a straight line or tumble, which results in random changes in direction. When heading towards repellents bacteria tumble more frequently to increase the probability of swimming away. Influx of Ca causes tumbling. Such behaviour has been found for Bacillus subtilis but apparently not for E. co/i. Calcium accelerates the swimming speed of Chlamydomonas reinhardii and regulates reverse motion in phototactically active Phormidium uncinatum and Halobacterium halobium. Phototaxis in H. halobium involves a methylation-demethylation process which is calcium dependent. Attractant stimuli raise the level of methylation of membrane proteins, while repellent stimuli cause demethylation and the enhanced opportunity for reversal of direction. Ca " " deactivates the methyl transferase and activates a methyl esterase. ... 

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