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The mechanical world of bacteria.
Review in Cell, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 233 papers.
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Who cites it
233 citing papers in PubMed.
- Biosurfactants direct the evolutionary dynamics of surface-associated microbial systems.Science advances · 2026Article
- Orthogonal microfluidic approaches reveal force-enhanced migration of bacterial populations on surfaces.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
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- To Move or Not to Move: When and How Bacteria Suppress Flagellar Motility.Molecular microbiology · 2026Review
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- Flow-driven delivery boosts antibiotic effectiveness by overwhelming bacterial defenses.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- A cold-responsiveApplied and environmental microbiology · 2026Article
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- Coupling programmable shape morphing and solvent-fueled propulsion in a soft bicontinuous composite.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Inferring bacterial cell size dynamics across media conditions.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Flow-induced bending of flagella restrictsmBio · 2026Article
- Selective Trapping of Bacteria in Porous Media by Cell Length.Integrative and comparative biology · 2026Article
- Beyond survival: microbial dispersion via aerosolization as an evolutionary trait.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
- Computational Analysis of Periplasmic Protein-Mediated Resistance to Membrane Extraction of a Trimeric Autotransporter Adhesin Transmembrane Domain.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2026Article
- ZnO Nanocrystals InhibitInternational journal of nanomedicine · 2026Article
- Emergent collective alignment gives competitive advantage to longer cells during range expansion.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Computational model of fractal interface formation in bacterial biofilms.Physical review. E · 2025Article
173 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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10 authors.
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Abstract
In the wild, bacteria are predominantly associated with surfaces as opposed to existing as free-swimming, isolated organisms. They are thus subject to surface-specific mechanics, including hydrodynamic forces, adhesive forces, the rheology of their surroundings, and transport rules that define their encounters with nutrients and signaling molecules. Here, we highlight the effects of mechanics on bacterial behaviors on surfaces at multiple length scales, from single bacteria to the development of multicellular bacterial communities such as biofilms.
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