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ArticleeLife2026

Enhanced bacterial chemotaxis in confined microchannels occurs at lane widths matching circular swimming radius.

Caijuan Yue, Chi Zhang, Rongjing Zhang, Junhua Yuan

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Article in eLife, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Caijuan Yue *Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, and Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1664-9897
Chi Zhang *Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, and Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3154-2657
Rongjing ZhangHefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, and Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5519-6385
Junhua YuanHefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, and Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6437-0655

Funding

Guizhou Provincial Major Scientific and Technological Program XKBF (2025)010Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China JYB2025XDXM502Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China 2019YFA0709303National Natural Science Foundation of China 12090053National Natural Science Foundation of China 12104436National Natural Science Foundation of China 12474204University of Science and Technology of China YD2030002501
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding bacterial behavior in confined environments is helpful for elucidating microbial ecology and developing strategies to manage bacterial infections. While extensive research has focused on bacterial motility on surfaces and in porous media, chemotaxis in confined spaces remains poorly understood. Here, we investigate the chemotaxis of

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ChemotaxisEscherichia coliAspartic AcidMicrofluidicsAspartic Acidbacterial chemotaxischiral surface swimmingE. coligeometric confinementmicrofluidicsphysics of living systems

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PMID41979287
PMCPMC13078776

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