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ArticlePNAS nexus2024

A novel mechanism of microbial attachment: The flagellar pump of

Theodore J Picou, Haibei Luo, Robert J Polackwich, Beatriz B Gabilondo, Ryan G McAllister, David A Gagnon, Thomas R Powers, Heidi G Elmendorf, Jeffrey S Urbach

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Article in PNAS nexus, 2024. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Molecular biology of the cell · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Theodore J PicouDepartment of Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2025-5759
Haibei LuoDepartment of Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9334-0849
Robert J PolackwichDepartment of Physics and Institute for Soft Matter Synthesis and Metrology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
Beatriz B GabilondoDepartment of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
Ryan G McAllisterDepartment of Physics and Institute for Soft Matter Synthesis and Metrology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5338-7611
David A GagnonDepartment of Physics and Institute for Soft Matter Synthesis and Metrology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
Thomas R PowersSchool of Engineering and Department of Physics, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3432-8226
Heidi G ElmendorfDepartment of Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7024-9774
Jeffrey S UrbachDepartment of Physics and Institute for Soft Matter Synthesis and Metrology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1593-520X

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ability of microbes to attach to biological and inert substrates is a necessary prerequisite for colonization of new habitats. In contrast to well-characterized mechanisms that rely on specific or nonspecific chemical interactions between microbe and substrate, we describe here an effective hydrodynamic mechanism of attachment that relies on fluid flow generated by the microbe. The microbe

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attachmentbiophysicsflagellafluid flowGiardia

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PMID39660061
PMCPMC11631216

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