A bead-spring model for running and tumbling of flagellated swimmers: detailed predictions compared to experimental data for E. coli1. Issue 8 (28th February 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kong, Miqiu; Wu, Yan; Li, Guangxian; Larson, Ronald G.
• Is Part Of: Soft matter. Volume 11:Issue 8(2015)
• Page Start: 1572
• Page End: 1581
• Publication Date: 2015-02-28
• Subjects: Soft condensed matter -- Periodicals; 530.413
• DOI: 10.1039/c4sm02437k
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1744-683X

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="toc"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p> <graphic position="anchor" id="ga" xlink:href="ark:/27927/pgj411n12t" xlink:type="simple" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" />To study the swimming of <italic>E. coli</italic>, we deploy a bead-spring hydrodynamic model (Watari and Larson 2010), whose body and flagellar geometry, motor torques, and motor reversals are adjusted to match the experimental observations of the Berg group (Turner <italic>et al.</italic> 2000; Darnton <italic>et al.</italic> 2007) during both running and tumbling of the bacterium.</p> </abstract>