A Wall of Funnels Concentrates Swimming Bacteria
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A wall of funnels concentrates swimming bacteria.
Randomly moving but self-propelled agents, such as Escherichia coli bacteria, are expected to fill a volume homogeneously. However, we show that when a population of bacteria is exposed to a microfabricated wall of funnel-shaped openings, the random motion of bacteria through the openings is rectified by tracking (trapping) of the swimming bacteria along the funnel wall. This leads to a buildup...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Bacteriology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0021-9193,1098-5530
DOI: 10.1128/jb.01033-07