Modeling E. coli tumbles by rotational diffusion. implications for chemotaxis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Saragosti, Jonathan ^a   Silberzan, Pascal ^a   Buguin, Axel ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIQUID CULTURE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION;

ALGORITHMS; CHEMOTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT;

EID: 84860132093     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035412     Document Type: Article

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