With no attractant or repellant, bacteria have a “random bias”. This means they switch direction randomly.
When bacteria are in an attractant gradient (colored orange), they switch direction less often when attractant concentration is higher.
However, when a repellant is present (colored red), bacteria switch direction more often in high repellant concentrations.
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