Helical motion of the cell body enhances Caulobacter crescentus motility

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 31, 2014, Pages 11252-11256

  Liu, Bin ^a   Gulino, Marco ^a   Morse, Michael ^b   Tang, Jay X ^b   Powers, Thomas R ^a,b   Breuer, Kenneth S ^a  

^a Brown University   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flicking; Fluid mechanics; Kinematics; Microorganisms; Torque

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SHAPE; CELL TRACKING; FORCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESISTIVE FORCE THEORY; ROTATION; SWIMMING;

FLICKING; FLUID MECHANICS; KINEMATICS; MICROORGANISMS; TORQUE;

BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROSCOPY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT;

EID: 84905661586     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1407636111     Document Type: Article

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