Bacterial Locomotion (IMAGE)

Brown University

Bacterial Locomotion

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Brown University physicists have completed the most detailed study of how bacteria such as the single-celled Caulobacter crescentus swim and how that swimming motion is influenced by drag and a phenomenon known as Brownian motion.

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Guanglai Li, Brown University

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