Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28566507›Full record

ArticleJournal of the Royal Society, Interface2017

Flagella bending affects macroscopic properties of bacterial suspensions.

M Potomkin, M Tournus, L V Berlyand, I S Aranson

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Article in Journal of the Royal Society, Interface, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Swarming ofBiophysics reviews · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

M PotomkinDepartment of Mathematics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
M TournusAix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, I2M, Marseille, France.
L V BerlyandDepartment of Mathematics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
I S AransonDepartment of Mathematics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA aronson@anl.gov.ORCID 0000-0002-4062-5393

Funding

Predictive Modeling of collective swimming in bacterial supensionsR01GM104978 · NIGMS · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · PI BERLYAND, LEONID · 2012 to 2014
$687k
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM104978
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To survive in harsh conditions, motile bacteria swim in complex environments and respond to the surrounding flow. Here, we develop a mathematical model describing how flagella bending affects macroscopic properties of bacterial suspensions. First, we show how the flagella bending contributes to the decrease in the effective viscosity observed in dilute suspension. Our results do not impose tumbling (random reorientation) as was previously done to explain the viscosity reduction. Second, we demonstrate how a bacterium escapes from wall entrapment due to the self-induced buckling of flagella. Our results shed light on the role of flexible bacterial flagella in interactions of bacteria with shear flow and walls or obstacles.

Indexed as

Bacterial Physiological PhenomenaComputer SimulationModels, BiologicalMovementBacteriaBiomechanical PhenomenaFlagellabacterial suspensionbacteria–surface interactionseffective viscosityflagellummicroswimmers

Identifiers

PMID28566507
PMCPMC5454284

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