How the motility pattern of bacteria affects their dispersal and chemotaxis.

Most bacteria at certain stages of their life cycle are able to move actively; they can swim in a liquid or crawl on various surfaces. A typical path of the moving cell often resembles the trajectory of a random walk. However, bacteria are capable of modifying their apparently random motion in respo...

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Main Authors: Johannes Taktikos, Holger Stark, Vasily Zaburdaev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3876982?pdf=render