taxis
Sign in to savethumb|A moth exhibiting phototaxis, moving towards a source of light A taxis (; : taxes ) is the movement of an organism in response to a stimulus such as light or the presence of food. Taxes are innate behavioural responses.
Research
24,222 papers- Neuro-taxis: Neuronal movement in gradients of chemical and physical environments.Developmental neurobiology · 2020
- Electrolocation? The evidence for redox-mediated taxis in Shewanella oneidensis.Molecular microbiology · 2021
- Durotaxis.Current biology : CB · 2020
- Diversity at its best: bacterial taxis.Environmental microbiology · 2011
- Physics of microbial taxis and behaviours in response to various physical stimuli.Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences · 2025
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7 sectionsContents
- Classification
- Terminology derived from type of stimulus
- Terminology derived from taxis direction
- Examples
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|A moth exhibiting phototaxis, moving towards a source of light A taxis (; : taxes ) is the movement of an organism in response to a stimulus such as light or the presence of food. Taxes are innate behavioural responses.
A taxis differs from a tropism (turning response, often growth towards or away from a stimulus) in that in the case of taxis, 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. Taxis can be positive (moving towards the stimulus) or negative (moving away from the stimulus).