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Motile bacteria in a critical fluid mixture.
Physical review. E - 1 Jun 2018
Koumakis Nick, Devailly Clémence, Poon Wilson C K
Abstract excerpt
We studied the swimming of Escherichia coli bacteria in the vicinity of the critical point in a solution of the nonionic surfactant C_{12}E_{5} in buffer solution. In phase-contrast microscopy, each swimming cell produces a transient trail behind itself lasting several seconds. Comparing quantitative image analysis with simulations show that these trails are due to local phase reorganization triggered by...
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