Critical bacterial concentration for the onset of collective swimming

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 632, Issue , 2009, Pages 359-400

  Subramanian, Ganesh ^a   Koch, Donald L ^b  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BACTERIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDRODYNAMICS; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY;

DILUTE SUSPENSIONS; HYDRODYNAMIC INTERACTION; NEGATIVE VISCOSITY; ORIENTATION DISTRIBUTIONS; STABILITY ANALYSIS; SWIMMING VELOCITIES; THRESHOLD CONCENTRATIONS; VELOCITY PERTURBATION;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIFFUSION; FLOW STABILITY; FLOW VELOCITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; NEWTONIAN FLUID; SWIMMING;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 69849116047     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002211200900706X     Document Type: Article

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