Many bacteria are motile and follow trajectories that exhibit distinct reorientation events like the classic run-and-tumble behavior of E. coli shown here.
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Different species show different motility patterns. Why is that? We would like to understand whether the differences observed in nature reflect different physical constraints or adaptations to specific ecological requirements.
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![]() Example trajectories from six different bacterial species. From Taute et al,, Nat. Comm. 6:8776, 2015.
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Bacteria are tracked by computationally comparing their diffraction rings to a reference library. The ring pattern encodes the z-position.
From Taute et al,, Nat. Comm. 6:8776, 2015. . |
© Katja M. Taute 2016-2023
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