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Enhanced bacterial swimming speeds in macromolecular polymer solutions
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The locomotion of swimming bacteria in simple Newtonian fluids can successfully be described within the framework of low-Reynolds-number hydrodynamics1. The presence of polymers in biofluids generally increases the viscosity, which is expected to lead to slower swimming for a constant bacterial motor torque. Surprisingly, however, experiments have shown that bacterial speeds can increase in polymeric fluids2,3,4,5. Whereas, for example, artificial helical microswimmers in shear-thinning fluid...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Springer Nature Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Nature Physics Journal website
- Volume:
- 15
- Pages:
- 554–558
- Publication date:
- 2019-03-11
- Acceptance date:
- 2019-02-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1745-2481
- ISSN:
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1745-2473
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pubs:896086
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- pubs:896086
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896086
- Deposit date:
- 2019-03-05
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- Copyright holder:
- Zöttl and Yeomans
- Copyright date:
- 2019
- Notes:
- Copyright © 2019 The Authors. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Springer Nature at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-019-0454-3
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