Bacterial Turbulence (VIDEO)

American Institute of Physics

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Even at low Reynolds number, active bacteria can create periodic patterns when swimming in the viscoelastic liquid crystal.

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S. Zhou, A. Sokolov, O. Lavrentovich and I. Aranson

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