High-resolution, long-term characterization of bacterial motility using optical tweezers

Nature Methods

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 831-835

  Min, Taejin L ^a   Mears, Patrick J ^a   Chubiz, Lon M ^b   Rao, Christopher V ^b   Golding, Ido ^a   Chemla, Yann R ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINGLE CELL MOTILITY ASSAY; SWIMMING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLA; LOCOMOTION; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; ROTATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 70350721636     PISSN: 15487091     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.1380     Document Type: Article

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