A wall of funnels concentrates swimming bacteria

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 8704-8707

  Galajda, Peter ^a   Keymer, Juan ^a   Chaikin, Paul ^b   Austin, Robert ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL KINETICS; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEADY STATE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLA; LOCOMOTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 36749028153     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01033-07     Document Type: Article

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