Publications by authors named "Ashaa Preyadharishini Shunmugam"

Self-propelled microscopic organisms are ubiquitous in water. Such organisms' motility depends on hydrodynamic and physical factors related to the rheology of the surrounding media and biological factors depending on the organisms' state and well-being. Here we demonstrate that the swimming speed of Paramecium aurelia, a unicellular protozoan, globally found in fresh, brackish, and salt waters, can be used as a measurable frugal indicator of the presence of pollutants in water.

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