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Record 1 2010-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biological Sciences
DEF

The directed movement of motile organism towards (positive) or away from (negative) on air-liquid interface, or a concentration gradient of dissolved oxygen.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences biologiques
CONT

Taxie. Mouvement d'orientation des organismes libres, déclenché par un stimulus externe. Selon la direction de ce mouvement par rapport à celle du stimulus, on distingue les taxies positives et les taxies négatives. Selon la nature du stimulus, on distingue : [...] l'aérotaxie (interface eau/atmosphère) [...]

OBS

À tort, certains [...] confondent «taxies» et «tropismes» alors que ces derniers sont, par définition, des réactions d'orientation de végétaux et d'animaux fixés.

Spanish

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