(A) Inverse of the coupling coefficient
averaged over the long timescale for which this ratio is constant for the small (black circles) or large (grey triangles) stimulus. We computed the geometric mean over frequencies ranging from 1 s to 5 min for a small stimulus (from 10 s to 5 min for a large stimulus) in each CW bias bin. Standard error of the mean is smaller than the marker size. Lines, mean value of |
K̃(ω)|
CW bias computed over CW biases ranging from ~0.05 to 0.5 for a small stimulus (black) and from ~0.1 to 0.3 a large stimulus (grey).
(Inset) Inverse of |
K̃(ω)|
CW bias for CW bias ranging from 0.15 to 0.20 for a small stimulus (10 nM L-aspartate increase) released at t = 0. See for all CW bias bins.
(B) Average response times of wild-type (RP437 and RP437 expressing inducible CheR) cells to small (black circles) or large (
inset, grey triangles) stimulus versus mean pre-stimulus signalling noise. Solid lines, linear fits forced through the origin:
. Black line: C=259±25 sec/µM
2 (R
2=0.8) for small stimulus.
Inset, grey line: C=3215 ±307 sec/µM
2 (R
2=0.4) for large stimulus. Grey area, average functioning state of wild-type population.
(C) The correlation time as a function of the mean signalling noise before stimulus for wild-type (RP437 and RP437 expressing CheR from pZE21-CheR) cells. Black line, linear fit function forced through the origin (
; C≈257 ±21 sec/µM
2 (R
2=0.9)). Error bars for the correlation time are the average half-lengths of the first uncorrelated CCW intervals. Error bars for the signalling noise are the standard error associated with the signalling noise in each bin. Grey area is the average functioning state of wild-type population. Letters correspond to the CW bias bins (Methods).