Bacterial motion in narrow capillaries

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1-7

  Ping, Liyan ^a,b   Wasnik, Vaibhav ^c   Emberly, Eldon ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamics; Migration rate; Porous environment; Swimming bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CAPILLARITY; CHEMOTAXIS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MOTILITY; PORE SPACE; POROUS MEDIUM; SWIMMING; THRESHOLD; TRAJECTORY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

CHEMOTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POROSITY; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

CHEMOTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDRODYNAMICS; POROSITY; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84983171484     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiu020     Document Type: Article

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