ArticleBiophysical journal2016
Anomalous Fluctuations in the Orientation and Velocity of Swarming Bacteria.
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- Agent-based modeling of nuclear chromosome ensemble identifies determinants of homolog pairing during meiosis.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- The space between us: Modeling spatial heterogeneity in synthetic microbial consortia dynamics.Biophysical reports · 2022Article
- Mixed-species bacterial swarms show an interplay of mixing and segregation across scales.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Dynamic motility selection drives population segregation in a bacterial swarm.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020Article
- On Modeling Ensemble Transport of Metal Reducing Motile Bacteria.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Single Cells Exhibit Differing Behavioral Phases during Early Stages of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Swarming.Journal of bacteriology · 2019Article
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- A statistical physics view of swarming bacteria.Movement ecology · 2019Review
- Noncontact Cohesive Swimming of Bacteria in Two-Dimensional Liquid Films.Physical review letters · 2017Article
- Effect of Cell Aspect Ratio on Swarming Bacteria.Physical review letters · 2017Article
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Abstract
Simultaneous acquisition of phase-contrast light microscopy and fluorescently labeled bacteria, moving within a dense swarm, reveals the intricate interactions between cells and the collective flow around them. By comparing wild-type and immotile cells embedded in a dense wild-type swarm, the effect of the active thrust generated by the flagella can be singled out. It is shown that while the distribution of angles among cell velocity, cell orientation, and the local flow around it is Gaussian-like for immotile bacteria, wild-type cells exhibit anomalous non-Gaussian deviations and are able to move in trajectories perpendicular to the collective flow. Thus, cells can maneuver or switch between local streams and jets. A minimal model describing bacteria as hydrodynamic force dipoles shows that steric effects, hydrodynamics interactions, and local alignments all have to be taken into account to explain the observed dynamics. These findings shed light on the physical mechanisms underlying bacterial swarming and the balance between individual and collective dynamics.
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