Motility allows populations of bacteria to rapidly reach and colonize new microniches or microhabitats. The motility ofrhizobia (symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria that nodulate legume roots) is an important factor determining ...

The role of activity on the hydrodynamic dispersion of bacteria in a model porous medium is studied by tracking thousands of bacteria in a microfluidic chip containing randomly placed pillars. We first evaluate the spreading ...

This paper describes our findings regarding the accumulation of motile bacte-ria at the rear of a confined obstacle and the physical description of the me-chanisms at play. We found that the modification of flow due to the ...

The accurate identification and characterization of microbiological species is a must that allows us to design engineered pharmacology to tackle down the diversity of diseases derived of them. This paper presents a study ...

Bordetella bronchiseptica encodes and expresses a flagellar apparatus. In contrast, Bordetella pertussis, the causative agent of whooping cough, has historically been described as a nonmotile and nonflagellated organism. ...

In the present work we simulate the basic two-dimensional dynamics of swarming E. coli bacteria on the surface of a moderately soft agar plate. Individual bacteria are modelled by self-propelled ridged bodies (agents), ...

In the present work we simulate the basic two-dimensional dynamics of swarming E. coli bacteria on the surface of a moderately soft agar plate. Individual bacteria are modelled by self-propelled ridged bodies (agents), ...