%0 Journal Article %1 Liu1995 %A Liu, Z %A Papadopoulos, K D %D 1995 %J Appl. Environ. Microbiol. %K bacteria microfluidics motility %N 10 %P 3567--3572 %T Unidirectional motility of Escherichia coli in restrictive capillaries %U http://aem.asm.org/content/61/10/3567 %V 61 %X In a 6-microns capillary filled with buffer and in the absence of any chemotactic stimuli, Escherichia coli K-12 cells swim persistently in only one direction. This behavior of E. coli can be simply explained by means of the length and relative rigidity of their flagella. Single-cell motility parameters--swimming speed, turn angle, and run length time--were measured. Compared with the motility parameters measured in bulk phase, turn angle was influenced because of the effect of the geometrical restriction.

@article{Liu1995, abstract = {In a 6-microns capillary filled with buffer and in the absence of any chemotactic stimuli, Escherichia coli K-12 cells swim persistently in only one direction. This behavior of E. coli can be simply explained by means of the length and relative rigidity of their flagella. Single-cell motility parameters--swimming speed, turn angle, and run length time--were measured. Compared with the motility parameters measured in bulk phase, turn angle was influenced because of the effect of the geometrical restriction.}, added-at = {2013-05-02T16:36:57.000+0200}, author = {Liu, Z and Papadopoulos, K D}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2a1960bcfc443c24f837a755217961853/quantentunnel}, file = {Liu1995.pdf:Artikel/Liu1995.pdf:PDF}, groups = {public}, interhash = {7f8bc8670901d40a396f946b5eb120aa}, intrahash = {a1960bcfc443c24f837a755217961853}, journal = {Appl. Environ. Microbiol.}, keywords = {bacteria microfluidics motility}, month = {October}, number = 10, pages = {3567--3572}, timestamp = {2013-05-31T16:16:12.000+0200}, title = {Unidirectional motility of Escherichia coli in restrictive capillaries}, url = {http://aem.asm.org/content/61/10/3567}, username = {quantentunnel}, volume = 61, year = 1995 }