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Salmonella typhimurium but not citrate-utilizing Escherichia coli carrying the Cit plasmid showed positive chemotaxis to tricarboxylic acids, indicating that the Cit plasmid encodes a transport system but not a chemoreceptor for citrate.
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Ishigura et al. (1981) studied this question.
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