Definition of "chemotactic" [chemotactic]

• Of or pertaining to chemotaxis. (adjective)

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• "High turbulence levels increase the short-term chemotactic advantage by quickly producing large gradients in the nutrient concentration, but also lead to rapid mixing of the nutrient field, which ultimately eliminates the chemotactic advantage."
• "The suckers are also "chemotactic," meaning they can taste what they touch."
• "E.g., a biochemist investigating the chemotactic SR behavior does not consider it a "psychological response" of flageallted bacteria."