Publications by authors named "James Bensson"
Accumulation of swimming bacteria near a solid surface.
Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys
October 2011
Article Synopsis
- Researchers studied how a strain of Caulobacter crescentus, a type of bacteria, swims near a surface using advanced microscopy.
- They found that the bacteria tend to clump together a micrometer from the surface due to collisions that make them align parallel to it.
- Simulations based on their model confirmed the findings and showed that faster, longer bacteria accumulate more near surfaces compared to slower, shorter ones.