Self-organization of swimmers drives long-range fluid transport in bacterial colonies

Motile and non-motile subpopulations often coexist in bacterial communities. Here, Xu et al. show that motile cells in colonies of common flagellated bacteria can self-organize into two adjacent motile rings, driving stable flows of fluid and materials around the colony.

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Main Authors:	Haoran Xu, Justas Dauparas, Debasish Das, Eric Lauga, Yilin Wu
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Publishing Group 2019-04-01
Series:	Nature Communications
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09818-2

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spelling	doaj-15939aa9ea1a41b1b32e6e97c2963cbe2021-05-11T12:10:27ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232019-04-0110111210.1038/s41467-019-09818-2Self-organization of swimmers drives long-range fluid transport in bacterial coloniesHaoran Xu0Justas Dauparas1Debasish Das2Eric Lauga3Yilin Wu4Department of Physics and Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong KongDepartment of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of CambridgeDepartment of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of CambridgeDepartment of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of CambridgeDepartment of Physics and Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong KongMotile and non-motile subpopulations often coexist in bacterial communities. Here, Xu et al. show that motile cells in colonies of common flagellated bacteria can self-organize into two adjacent motile rings, driving stable flows of fluid and materials around the colony.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09818-2
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title	Self-organization of swimmers drives long-range fluid transport in bacterial colonies
title_short	Self-organization of swimmers drives long-range fluid transport in bacterial colonies
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description	Motile and non-motile subpopulations often coexist in bacterial communities. Here, Xu et al. show that motile cells in colonies of common flagellated bacteria can self-organize into two adjacent motile rings, driving stable flows of fluid and materials around the colony.
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Self-organization of swimmers drives long-range fluid transport in bacterial colonies

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