On the origin and characteristics of noise-induced Lévy walks of E. coli.

Lévy walks as a random search strategy have recently attracted a lot of attention, and have been described in many animal species. However, very little is known about one of the most important issues, namely how Lévy walks are generated by biological organisms. We study a model of the chemotaxis sig...

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Main Authors: Franziska Matthäus, Mario S Mommer, Tine Curk, Jure Dobnikar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3072995?pdf=render