Enhanced propagation of motile bacteria on surfaces due to forward scattering

Stanislaw Makarchuk; Vasco C. Braz; Nuno A. M. Araújo; Lena Ciric; Giorgio Volpe

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12010-1

Nature Communications (Sep 2019)

Enhanced propagation of motile bacteria on surfaces due to forward scattering

Stanislaw Makarchuk,
Vasco C. Braz,
Nuno A. M. Araújo,
Lena Ciric,
Giorgio Volpe

Affiliations

Stanislaw Makarchuk: Department of Chemistry, University College London
Vasco C. Braz: Centro de Física Teórica e Computacional, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa
Nuno A. M. Araújo: Centro de Física Teórica e Computacional, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa
Lena Ciric: Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, University College London
Giorgio Volpe: Department of Chemistry, University College London

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12010-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Microorganisms tend to live in heterogeneous environments. Here the authors investigate the influence of this heterogeneity on bacteria swimming near a surface in the presence of obstacles; these are found to enhance the cells’ propagation rather than hinder it for an optimal obstacle density.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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