%0 Journal Article %A Parales, Rebecca E. %A Nesteryuk, Vasyl %A Hughes, Jonathan G. %A Luu, Rita A. %A Ditty, Jayna L. %T Cytosine chemoreceptor McpC in Pseudomonas putida F1 also detects nicotinic acid %D 2014 %J Microbiology, %V 160 %N 12 %P 2661-2669 %@ 1465-2080 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.081968-0 %I Microbiology Society, %X Soil bacteria are generally capable of growth on a wide range of organic chemicals, and pseudomonads are particularly adept at utilizing aromatic compounds. Pseudomonads are motile bacteria that are capable of sensing a wide range of chemicals, using both energy taxis and chemotaxis. Whilst the identification of specific chemicals detected by the ≥26 chemoreceptors encoded in Pseudomonas genomes is ongoing, the functions of only a limited number of Pseudomonas chemoreceptors have been revealed to date. We report here that McpC, a methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein in Pseudomonas putida F1 that was previously shown to function as a receptor for cytosine, was also responsible for the chemotactic response to the carboxylated pyridine nicotinic acid. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/mic.0.081968-0