Effect of quantity and configuration of attached bacteria on bacterial propulsion of microbeads

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 22, 2008, Pages

  Behkam, Bahareh ^a   Sitti, Metin ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYSTYRENES; PROPULSION; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

ATTACHED BACTERIA; MICRO BEADS; PATTERNING TECHNIQUES; POLYSTYRENE MICROBEADS;

BACTERIOLOGY;

EID: 57349108681     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3040318     Document Type: Article

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