The efficiency of propulsion by a rotating flagellum

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 94, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 11307-11311

  Purcell, Edward M ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Hydrodynamics; Low Reynolds number; Motility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FLAGELLUM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; CELL MOVEMENT; FLAGELLA; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030881690     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.21.11307     Document Type: Article

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