Counterclockwise circular motion of bacteria swimming at the air-liquid interface.

J Bacteriol

Laboratoire Joliot-Curie, CNRS USR 3010, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France.

Published: December 2010

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.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2981220PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.00397-10DOI Listing

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