Suspension biomechanics of swimming microbes

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 6, Issue 39, 2009, Pages 815-834

  Ishikawa, Takuji ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biofluid mechanics; Collective motion; Micro organism; Suspension; Swimming

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOMECHANICS; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANES; FLOW STRUCTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROORGANISMS; RESEARCH;

BIOFLUID MECHANICS; BIOMECHANICAL RESEARCH; BOTTOM-UP STRATEGY; CELL SUSPENSION; CELLULAR LEVELS; COHERENT STRUCTURE; COLLECTIVE MOTION; COLLECTIVE MOTIONS; MACROSCOPIC PROPERTIES; MACROSCOPIC SUSPENSIONS; MANY-BODY INTERACTIONS; MESOSCALE; MICROSCOPIC CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH EFFORTS; RESEARCH STUDIES; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; SUSPENSION; SWIMMING;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

BIOMECHANICS; CELL MOTION; COLLECTIVE MOTION; DIFFUSION; FLOW KINETICS; FLUID FLOW; LOCOMOTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL KINETICS; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SUSPENSION CELL CULTURE; SWIMMING MICROORGANISMS MODEL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 69949099895     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2009.0223     Document Type: Review

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