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Swirling bacterium

Swirling bacterium

January 9, 2019
News
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences

Individual bacteria and biofilms can generate currents strong enough to draw distant nutrients, according to a Stanford University team. As a single bacterium swims forward, it creates a tiny current in the surrounding liquid. Flows produced by a colony can create a strong tide capable of pulling in nutrients, regardless of the orientation of each bacterium. The team’s work was published in Physical Review Letters.  

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