A method for measuring bacterial chemotaxis parameters in a microcapillary

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 120-125

  Liu, Zewen ^a   Papadopoulos, Kyriakos D ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

capillary; chemotaxis; Escherichia coli; single cell

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; CAPILLARY TUBES; CELLS; DIFFUSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS;

ATTRACTANT CONCENTRATION GRADIENT; BACTERIAL CHEMOTAXIS; CHEMOATTRACTANT; CHEMOTAXIS CHAMBER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROCAPILLARY;

BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; CILIARY MOTILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030570459     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19960705)51:1<120::AID-BIT14>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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