The wiggling trajectories of bacteria

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 705, Issue , 2012, Pages 58-76

  Hyon, Yunkyong ^a   Marcos, ^b   Powers, Thomas R ^c   Stocker, Roman ^d   Fu, Henry C ^a  

^a Reno   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c Brown University   (United States)

^d Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

micro organism dynamics; propulsion; swimming flying

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CYTOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS; PROPULSION; TRAJECTORIES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; FLAGELLATED BACTERIA; LARGE TORQUE; POSITION AND ORIENTATIONS; SPATIAL EXTENT; SWIMMING VELOCITIES; SWIMMING/FLYING; TORQUE BALANCE;

CELLS;

BACTERIUM; FLAGELLATE; MICROORGANISM; SWIMMING; VELOCITY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84871526719     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2012.217     Document Type: Article

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