ArticleNature communications2020
Haloarchaea swim slowly for optimal chemotactic efficiency in low nutrient environments.
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- Digital in-line holographic microscopy for label-free identification and tracking of biological cells.Military Medical Research · 2024Review
- Real-time 3D tracking of swimming microbes using digital holographic microscopy and deep learning.PloS one · 2024Article
- A geometric criterion for the optimal spreading of active polymers in porous media.Nature communications · 2021Article
- High-speed, three-dimensional imaging reveals chemotactic behaviour specific to human-infectiveeLife · 2021Article
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Abstract
Archaea have evolved to survive in some of the most extreme environments on earth. Life in extreme, nutrient-poor conditions gives the opportunity to probe fundamental energy limitations on movement and response to stimuli, two essential markers of living systems. Here we use three-dimensional holographic microscopy and computer simulations to reveal that halophilic archaea achieve chemotaxis with power requirements one hundred-fold lower than common eubacterial model systems. Their swimming direction is stabilised by their flagella (archaella), enhancing directional persistence in a manner similar to that displayed by eubacteria, albeit with a different motility apparatus. Our experiments and simulations reveal that the cells are capable of slow but deterministic chemotaxis up a chemical gradient, in a biased random walk at the thermodynamic limit.
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