Analysis of the flow field induced by the sessile peritrichous ciliate Opercularia asymmetrica

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 137-148

  Hartmann, Christoph ^a   Özmutlu, Özlem ^a   Petermeier, Hannes ^a   Fried, Johannes ^a   Delgado, Antonio ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biotic tracers; Cilia; Ciliophora; Flow measurement; Fluid mechanics; Stokes' flow

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; MICROORGANISMS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BIOTIC TRACERS; CILIA; CILIOPHORA; STOKES' FLOW;

FLUID MECHANICS;

TRACER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FORCE; HYDRODYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OPERACULARIA ASYMMETRICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; THEORETICAL STUDY; YEAST CELL;

ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOREACTORS; CILIA; EATING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 33751514264     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2005.11.006     Document Type: Article

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