Counterclockwise Circular Motion of Bacteria Swimming at the Air-Liquid Interface

Laurence Lemelle; Jean-François Palierne; Elodie Chatre; Christophe Place

doi:10.1128/JB.00397-10

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Counterclockwise Circular Motion of Bacteria Swimming at the Air-Liquid Interface

Laurence Lemelle ^{1, 2, *} Jean-François Palierne ³ Elodie Chatre ² Christophe Place ^{2, 3}

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1 LST - Laboratoire de Sciences de la Terre

2 Laboratoire Joliot Curie

3 Phys-ENS - Laboratoire de Physique de l'ENS Lyon

Abstract : Flagellar propulsion of swimming Escherichia coli produces circling clockwise motions near planar solid surfaces. Counterclockwise motion was first reported near air-TN medium interfaces, showing that slip at the interface is a key parameter of bacterial swimming.

Keywords : ESCHERICHIA-COLI SURFACE CHEMOTAXIS MOTILITY

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Life Sciences [q-bio] / Microbiology and Parasitology

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