The wiggling trajectories of bacteria

• Main Authors: Hyon, Yunkyong., Marcos., Powers, Thomas R., Stocker, Roman., Fu, Henry C.
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85391; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/11033
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Many motile bacteria display wiggling trajectories, which correspond to helical swimming paths. Wiggling trajectories result from flagella pushing off-axis relative to the cell body and making the cell wobble. The spatial extent of wiggling trajectories is controlled by the swimming velocity and fla...