Cell morphology governs directional control in swimming bacteria

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Guadayol, Òscar ^a   Thornton, Katie L ^b   Humphries, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 85019556154     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-01565-y     Document Type: Article

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