Turbulent Fluid Acceleration Generates Clusters of Gyrotactic Microorganisms

Turbulent Fluid Acceleration Generates Clusters of Gyrotactic Microorganisms

The motility of microorganisms is often biased by gradients in physical and chemical properties of their environment, with myriad implications on their ecology. Here we show that fluid acceleration reorients gyrotactic plankton, triggering small-scale clustering. We experimentally demonstrate this p...

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Main Authors: De Lillo, Filippo (Author), Cencini, Massimo (Author), Durham, William M. (Author), Barry, Michael (Contributor), Stocker, Roman (Contributor), Climent, Eric (Author), Boffetta, Guido (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Contributor), Parsons Laboratory for Environmental Science and Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: American Physical Society, 2014-06-12T18:33:11Z.
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