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Special protein receptors in the plasma membrane or periplasmic space that bind chemicals and trigger the appropriate chemotaxic response.
Microbiology. Aard_Wark . 2009.
chemoreceptors
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chemoreceptors — n. receptor activated by chemicals … English contemporary dictionary
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