A conjecture on the relationship of bacterial shape to motility in rod-shaped bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 227-231

  Cooper, Stephen ^a   Denny, Mark W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bacteria; cell shape; Escherichia coli; hydrodynamic efficiency; motility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CALCULATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SHAPE; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY;

EID: 0030889150     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00038-4     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Cooper, S. (1991) Bacterial Growth and Division: Biochemistry and Regulation of Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Division Cycles, Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
2. Tillet, J.P.K. (1970) Axial and transverse stokes flow past slender axisymmetric bodies. J. Fluid Mech. 44, 401-417.
3. Lamb, H. (1932) Hydrodynamics, 6th edn., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.