dc.creator | Lauga, Eric Jean-Marie | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-11-24T23:18:46Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-03-30T10:34:08Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-11-24T23:18:46Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/254708 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.aust.edu.ng/xmlui/handle/123456789/3334 | |
dc.description.abstract | Bacteria predate plants and animals by billions of years. Today, they are the
world’s smallest cells, yet they represent the bulk of the world’s biomass
and the main reservoir of nutrients for higher organisms. Most bacteria can
move on their own, and the majority of motile bacteria are able to swim in
viscous fluids using slender helical appendages called flagella. Low–Reynolds
number hydrodynamics is at the heart of the ability of flagella to generate
propulsion at the micrometer scale. In fact, fluid dynamic forces impact
many aspects of bacteriology, ranging from the ability of cells to reorient
and search their surroundings to their interactions within mechanically and
chemically complex environments. Using hydrodynamics as an organizing
framework, I review the biomechanics of bacterial motility and look ahead
to future challenges. | |
dc.publisher | Annual Reviews | |
dc.publisher | Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics | |
dc.subject | swimming bacteria | |
dc.subject | helical locomotion | |
dc.subject | low–Reynolds number flows | |
dc.subject | biological fluid dynamics | |
dc.title | Bacterial Hydrodynamics | |
dc.type | Article | |