Open AccessCounterclockwise Circular Motion of Bacteria Swimming at the Air-Liquid Interface
Author(s) -
Laurence Lemelle,
JeanFrançois Palierne,
Elodie Chatre,
Christophe Place
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.652
H-Index - 246
eISSN - 1067-8832
pISSN - 0021-9193
DOI - 10.1128/jb.00397-10
Subject(s) - biology , bacteria , clockwise , motion (physics) , microbiology and biotechnology , circular motion , rotation (mathematics) , genetics , classical mechanics , geometry , physics , mathematics
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.