Bacterial hopping and trapping in porous media

oleh: Tapomoy Bhattacharjee, Sujit S. Datta

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2019-05-01

Deskripsi

Many bacteria swim with run-and-tumble motion in unconfined fluid. Here the authors report that confinement of these bacteria in a 3D porous medium changes this motion into hopping and trapping, in which the cells are intermittently and transiently trapped as they navigate the pore space.