Swimming in Circles: Motion of Bacteria near Solid Boundaries

Near a solid boundary, Escherichia coli swims in clockwise circular motion. We provide a hydrodynamic model for this behavior. We show that circular trajectories are natural consequences of force-free and torque-free swimming and the hydrodynamic interactions with the boundary, which also leads to a...

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Main Authors: Lauga, Eric, DiLuzio, Willow R., Whitesides, George M., Stone, Howard A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Biophysical Society 2006
Subjects:
Biophysical Theory and Modeling
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1367047/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16239332
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1529/biophysj.105.069401
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