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Chemotaxis vs Chemoattractant - What's the difference?

chemotaxis | chemoattractant |

As nouns the difference between chemotaxis and chemoattractant

is that chemotaxis is the movement of a cell or an organism in response to a chemical stimulant while chemoattractant is a substance inducing positive chemotaxis in motile cells.

chemotaxis

English

(wikipedia chemotaxis)

Noun

  • (biology, biochemistry) the movement of a cell or an organism in response to a chemical stimulant

    • Coordinate terms

    * (l)

    chemoattractant

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia chemoattractant)
  • A substance inducing positive chemotaxis in motile cells.

    • Related terms

    * chemoattractand * chemorepellent