Counterclockwise circular motion of bacteria swimming at the air-liquid interface.
Flagellar propulsion of swimming Escherichia coli produces circling clockwise motions near planar solid surfaces. Counterclockwise motion was first reported near air-TN medium interfaces, showing that slip at the interface is a key parameter of bacterial swimming.
Lemelle
Laurence
L
Laboratoire Joliot-Curie, CNRS USR 3010, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France. laurence.lemelle@ens-lyon.fr
Palierne
Jean-François
JF
Chatre
Elodie
E
Place
Christophe
C
D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000502:physiology*; D005407:Flagella / Q000502:physiology*; D008124:Locomotion; D018715:Microscopy, Video