Swimming of peritrichous bacteria is enabled by an elastohydrodynamic instability
Abstract Peritrichously-flagellated bacteria, such as Escherichia coli, self-propel in fluids by using specialised motors to rotate multiple helical filaments. The rotation of each motor is transmitted to a short flexible segment called the hook which in turn transmits it to a flagellar filament, en...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2018-07-01
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| Series: | Scientific Reports |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-28319-8 |