Bacteria swim faster when obstacles keep them in line

Raphaël Jeanneret () and Marco Polin ()

Nature, 2022, vol. 603, issue 7903, 795-796

Abstract: Adding particles or polymers to a fluid can make bacteria swim straighter — and therefore faster — than they do through water, by inducing a torque that changes their body alignment.

Keywords: Biophysics; Fluid dynamics; Microbiology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-022-00853-6

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