Comparison between observation and boundary element analysis for bacterium swimming motion

Nihon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, B Hen/Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Part B

Volumn 67, Issue 654, 2001, Pages 330-335

  Goto, Tomonobu ^b   Masuda, Shinya ^b   Terada, Kazumasa ^b   Takano, Yasunari ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bacterium motion; Bio fluid mechanics; Boundary element analysis; Flagellar motor

Indexed keywords

EID: 71249099519     PISSN: 03875016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1299/kikaib.67.330     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Berg, H. C. and Anderson, R. A., Bacteria swim by rotating their flagellar filaments, "Nature", 245, (1973), pp.380-382.
2. Magariyama, Y. et al., Very fast flagellar rotation, "Nature", 371, (1994), pp.752.
3. Kudo, S. et al., Abrupt changes in flagellar rotation observed by laser dark-field microscopy, "Nature", 346, (1990), pp.677-680.
4. Magariyama, Y. et al., Simultaneous measurement of bacterial flagellar rotation rate and swimming speed, "Biophys. J.", 69, (1995), pp.2154-2162.
5. Washizu, M. et al., Dielectrophoretic measurement of bacterial motor characteristics, "IEEE Trans. Industry Applicat.", 20, (1993), pp.286-294.
6. Gray, J. and Hancock, G. J., The propulsion of sea-urchin spermatozoa, "J. Exp. Biol.", 32, (1955), pp.802-814.
7. Chwang, A. T. and Wu, T. Y., A note on the helical movement of micro-organisms, "Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond.", B178, (1971), pp.327-346.
8. Keller, J. B. and Rubinow, S. I., Swimming of flagellated microorganisms, "Biophys. J.", 16, (1976), pp.151-170.
9. Goto, T., Itou, M.,and Takano, Y., Analysis of motion of bacteria with rotating flagella, "JSME International Jomal", B 41, (1998), pp.60-66.
10. Lighthill, J., Flagellar hydrodynamics, "SIAM Review", 18,2, (1976), pp.161-230.
11. Higdon, J. J. L., A hydrodynamic analysis of flagellar propulsion, "J. Fluid Mech.", 90,4, (1979), pp.685-711.
12. Phan-Thien, N., Tran-Cong, T. and Ramia, M., A boundary-element analysis of flagellar propulsion, "J. Fluid Mech.", 184, (1987), pp.533-549.
13. Ramia, M., Tullock, D. L. and Phan-Thien, N., The role of hydrodynamic interaction in the locomotion of Microorganisms, "Biophys. J.", 65, (1993), pp.755-778.
14. Atsumi, T., MacCarter, L. and Imae Y., Polar and lateral flagellar motors of marine Vibrio are driven by different ion motive forces, "Nature", 355, (1992), pp.182-184.
15. Macnab, R.,M. and Ornston, M. K., Normal-to-curly flagellar transitions and their role in bacterial tumbling. Stabilization of an alternative quaternary structure by mechanical force., "J. Mol. Biol.", 112, (1977), pp. 1-30.