Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Book cover

Individuality and Determinism pp 1–31Cite as

Individuality in Bacteria and Its Relationship to Higher Species

  • Chapter

  • 64 Accesses

Abstract

Individuality is at once one of the most highly prized possessions of human beings, and at the same time the source of some of our greatest difficulties. Each of us wants to be an individual and, in fact, a great preoccupation of the current press and psychiatric social workers is to be devoted to “finding one’s identity.” Even the news media recognizes, however, that we inherit a certain amount of our behavior, and that many of our characteristics are common to our fellowman of quite different heredities and who have grown up in quite different environments. One of the important assessments of human behavior, therefore, becomes an attempt to identify those features that are individual and those that are characteristic of the species or of some large subset of the species.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.

Chapter
USD   29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD   39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD   54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Learn about institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  • Adler, J., 1969, Chemoreceptors in bacteria. Science 166, 1588–1597.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Aswad, D., and Koshland, D. E., Jr., 1974, Role of methionine in bacterial Chemotaxis. J. Bacteriol. 118, 640–645.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Baker, R., and Yanofsky, C., 1970, Transcription initiation frequency for the tryptophan operon of Escherichia coli. Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol. 35, 467–470.

    Google Scholar 

  • Benzer, S., 1953, Induced synthesis of enzymes in bacteria analyzed at the cellular level. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 11, 383–395.

    Google Scholar 

  • Berg, H. C., and Brown, D. A., 1972, Chemotaxis in Escherichia coli analyzed by three dimensional tracking. Nature 239, 500–504.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Berg, H. C., and Tedesco, P. M., 1975, Transient response to chemotactic stimuli in Escherichia coli. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 72, 3235–3239.

    Google Scholar 

  • Cairns, J., 1960, The initiation of vaccinia infection. Virology 11, 603–623.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Delbrück, M., 1945, The burst size distribution in the growth of bacterial viruses (bacteriophages). J. Bacteriol. 50, 131–135.

    Google Scholar 

  • DeFranco, A. L., and Koshland, D. E., Jr., 1981, Molecular cloning of Chemotaxis genes and overproduction of gene products in the bacterial sensing system. J. Bacteriol. 147, 390–400.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • DeFranco, A. L., and Koshland, D. E., Jr., 1982, Construction and behavior of strains with double mutations in Chemotaxis genes. J. Bacteriol. 150, 1297–1301.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • DeFries, J. C., and Plomin, R., 1978, Behavioral genetics. Ann. Rev. Phys. 29, 473–515.

    Google Scholar 

  • Engelmann, T. W., 1881, Neue Methode zur Untersuchung der Sauerstouffausscheidung pflanzlicher und thierischer Organism. Pflueger Arch. Ges. Physiol. 25, 285–292.

    Google Scholar 

  • Fahnestock, M., and Koshland, D. E., Jr., 1979, Control of the receptor for galactose taxis in Salmonella typhimurium. J. Bacteriol. 137, 758–763.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Gilbert, W., and Moller-Hill, B., 1967, The lac Operator is DNA. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sei. USA 58, 2415–2421.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hazelbauer, G. L., and Parkinson, J. S., 1977, in Receptors and Recognition, Chapman & Wall, Random, New York.

    Google Scholar 

  • lino, T., et al., 1975, Temporary expression of flagellar phase-1 in phase-2 clones of diphasic Salmonella. J. Gen. Microbiol. 89, 265–276.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Kety, S. S., Rosenthal, D., Wender, P. H., Schulsinger, R., and Jacobsen, B., 1975, in Genetic Research in Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kahn, S., Macnab, R. M., DeFranco, A. L., and Koshland, D. E., Jr., 1978, Inversion of a behavioral response in bacterial Chemotaxis: explanation at the molecular level. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 75, 4150–5154.

    Google Scholar 

  • Koshland, D. E., Jr., 1977, A response regulator model in a simple sensory system. Science 196, 1055–1063

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Koshland, D. E., Jr., 1981, Biochemistry of sensing and adaptation in a simple bacterial system. Ann. Rev. Biochem. 50, 765–782.

    Google Scholar 

  • Larsen, S. H., Reader, R. W., Kort, E. N., Tso, W. W., and Adler, J., 1974, Change in direction of flagellar rotation is the basis of chemotactic response. Nature 249, 74–77.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Lederberg, J., and Lino, T., 1956, Linear inheritance in transduction clones. Genetics 41, 743–757.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Macnab, R. M., 1979, Bacterial motility and Chemotaxis: the molecular biology of a behavioral system. Crit. Rev. Biochem. 5, 291–341.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Macnab, R. M., and Koshland, D. E., Jr., 1972, The gradient-sensing mechanism in bacterial Chemotaxis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 69, 2509–2512.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Maloney, P. C., and Rotman, B. J., 1973, Distribution of suboptimally induced ß-D-galactosidase in Escherichia coli. J. Mol. Biol. 73, 77–91.

    Google Scholar 

  • Novick, A., and Weiner, M., 1957, Enzyme induction as an all-or- none phenomenon. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 43, 553–566.

    Google Scholar 

  • Pfeffer, W., 1883, Locomotorische richtungsbewegungen durch chemische Reize. Ber. Dtsch Bot. Gest. 524–533.

    Google Scholar 

  • Powell, E. O., 1958, An outline of the pattern of bacteria generation times. J. Gen. Microbiol. 18, 382–417.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Quadling, C., and Stocker, B., 1957, The occurrence of rare motile bacteria in some non-motile Salmonella strains. J. Gen. Microbiol. 17, 424–436.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Quadling, C., and Stocker, B., 1962, Environmentally-induced transition from the flagellated to non-flagellated state in Salmonella typhimurium: the fate of parental flagella at cell division. Gen. Microbiol. 28, 257–270.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Rubik, B. A., and Koshland, D. E., Jr., 1978, Potentiation, desensitization, and inversion of response in bacterial sensing of chemical stimuli. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 75, 2820– 2824.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Schaechter, M., Williamson, J. P., Hood, J. R., Jr., and Koch, A. L., 1962, Growth, cell and nuclear divisions in some bacteria.,J. Gen. Microbiol. 29, 421–434.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Silverman, M. R., and Simon, M. I., 1974, Flagellar rotation and mechanisms of bacterial motility. Nature 249, 73–74.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Spiegelman, S., 1951, The particulate transmission of enzyme-forming capacity in yeast. Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol. 16, 87–98.

    Google Scholar 

  • Springer, W. R., and Koshland, D. E., Jr., 1977, Identification of a protein methyltransferase as the cheR gene product in the bacterial sensing system. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 74, 533–537.

    Google Scholar 

  • Springer, M. S., Goy, M. F., and Adler, J., 1979, Protein methylation in behavioral control mechanisms and in signal transduction. Nature 280, 279–284.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Spudich, J. L., and Koshland, D. E., Jr., 1975, Quantitation of the sensory response in bacterial Chemotaxis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 72, 710–713.

    Google Scholar 

  • Spudich, J. K., and Koshland, D. E., Jr., 1976, Non-genetic individuality: chance in the single cell. Nature 262, 467–471

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Stock, J. B., Maderis, A. M., and Koshland, D. E., Jr., 1981, Bacterial Chemotaxis in the absence of receptor carboxylmethylation. Cell 27, 37–44.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Stocker, B. A. D., 1949, Measurements of rate of mutation of flagellar antigenic phase in Salmonella typhimurium. J. Hyg. ( Camb. ) 47, 398–413.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Taylor, B. L., and Lazio, D. J., 1981, Perception of Behavioral Chemicals, Elsevier, New York, in press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Tsang, N., Macnab, R., and Koshland, D. E., Jr., 1973, Common mechanism for repellents and attractants in bacterial Chemotaxis. Science 181, 60–63.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Tso, W. W., and Adler, J., 1974, Decision making in bacteria: a chemotactic response of Escherichia coli to conflicting stimuli. Science 184, 1292–1294.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Wang, E. A., and Koshland, D. E., Jr., 1980, Receptor structure in the bacterial sensing system. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 77, 7157–7161.

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Wilson, A., 1962, Regulation of flavin synthesis by Escherichia coli. J. Gen. Microbiol. 28, 283–303.

    Google Scholar 

  • Wilson, E. O., 1975, Sociobiology, Harvard University Press, Cambridge.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. University of California, Berkeley, California, 94720, USA

    Daniel E. Koshland Jr.

Authors
  1. Daniel E. Koshland Jr.
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA

    Sidney W. Fox

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 1984 Plenum Press, New York

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Koshland, D.E. (1984). Individuality in Bacteria and Its Relationship to Higher Species. In: Fox, S.W. (eds) Individuality and Determinism. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9379-9_1

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9379-9_1

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA

  • Print ISBN: 978-1-4615-9381-2

  • Online ISBN: 978-1-4615-9379-9

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation