Table 3 Experimental data for the kinetic parameters of E. coli chemotaxis

$B^P+A^m\stackrel{K_{\mathit{BA}}}{\leftrightarrow }{B}^P{A}^m\stackrel{k_{\mathit{BA}}}{\to }{B}^P+A$

v _A2

1.2

0.08

k ^exp = 1.2 s^-1[46] and K ^exp = 0.39 μ M [46]; k _BA  = k ^exp and K _BA  = K ^exp/[A_t].

$A^m+B\stackrel{K_{\mathit{AB}}}{\leftrightarrow }{A}^{m}B\stackrel{k_{\mathit{AB}}}{\to }{A}^m+B^P$

v _B1

3.2

0.281

k ^exp = 3.2 s^-1[37] and K ^exp = 1.405 μ M [37]; k _AB  = k ^exp and K _AB  = K ^exp/[B_t].

$B^P\stackrel{k_{F_{B}B}}{\to }B$

v _B2

0.35

-

k ^exp = 0.7 s^-1 at 35°C, or 0.35 s^-1 at 25°C [47]; k _FBB  = k ^exp .

$A^m+C\stackrel{K_{\mathit{AC}}}{\leftrightarrow }{A}^{m}C\stackrel{k_{\mathit{AC}}}{\to }{A}^m+C^P$

v _C1

650

0.36

k ^exp = 650 s^-1[48] and K ^exp = 6.5 μ M [48]; k _AC  = k ^exp and K _AC  = K ^exp/[C_t].

$F_C+C^P\stackrel{K_{F_{C}C}}{\leftrightarrow }{F}_C{C}^P\stackrel{k_{F_{C}C}}{\to }{F}_C+C$

v _C2

30

0.006

k ^exp = 650 s^-1[34] and K ^exp = 0.1 μ M [34]; k _FCC  = k ^exp and K _FCC  = K ^exp/[C_t].