The hydrodynamics of a run-and-tumble bacterium propelled by polymorphic helical flagella

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-17

  Watari, Nobuhiko ^a   Larson, Ronald G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOATTRACTANT;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLUM; FLOW RATE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROBIAL KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; POLYMORPHIC HELICAL FLAGELLA; SIMULATION; SWIMMING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 73949104113     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.09.044     Document Type: Article

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