A transition to stable one-dimensional swimming enhances E. coli motility through narrow channels

Most biological and artificial self-propelled particles tend to be attracted by solid walls on their swimming pathways. Vizsnyiczai et al. show that, unexpectedly, confining E. coli cells inside a channel triggers stable locomotion along the channel axis once the channel is narrower than a critical...

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Auteurs principaux: Gaszton Vizsnyiczai, Giacomo Frangipane, Silvio Bianchi, Filippo Saglimbeni, Dario Dell’Arciprete, Roberto Di Leonardo
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Publié: Nature Portfolio 2020
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/6d2b768f8fe64b0aa9d86b6928881b91
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