Gliding motion of bacterium in a non-Newtonian slime

Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 853-864

  Mahomed, F M ^a   Hayat, T ^b   Momoniat, E ^a   Asghar, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Gliding bacterium; Third grade fluid

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MOTION ESTIMATION; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW;

AMOEBOID; GLIDING BACTERIUM; PROKARYOTES; THIRD-GRADE FLUID;

BACTERIA;

EID: 33846245509     PISSN: 14681218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nonrwa.2006.03.009     Document Type: Article

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