Multiple functions of flagellar motility and chemotaxis in bacterial physiology

R Colin, B Ni, L Laganenka… - FEMS microbiology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Most swimming bacteria are capable of following gradients of nutrients, signaling molecules
and other environmental factors that affect bacterial physiology. This tactic behavior became …

Magnetic actuation methods in bio/soft robotics

N Ebrahimi, C Bi, DJ Cappelleri, G Ciuti… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, magnetism has gained an enormous amount of interest among researchers
for actuating different sizes and types of bio/soft robots, which can be via an electromagnetic …

[HTML][HTML] Magnetotactic bacteria for cancer therapy

ML Fdez-Gubieda, J Alonso, A García-Prieto… - Journal of applied …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) are aquatic microorganisms that are able to biomineralize
membrane-enclosed magnetic nanoparticles called magnetosomes. Inside the MTB …

Self-transport of swimming bacteria is impaired by porous microstructure

A Dehkharghani, N Waisbord, JS Guasto - Communications Physics, 2023 - nature.com
Motility is a fundamental survival strategy of bacteria to navigate porous environments,
where they mediate essential biogeochemical processes in quiescent wetlands and …

A compass to boost navigation: cell biology of bacterial magnetotaxis

FD Müller, D Schüler, D Pfeiffer - Journal of bacteriology, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Magnetotactic bacteria are aquatic or sediment-dwelling microorganisms able to take
advantage of the Earth's magnetic field for directed motility. The source of this amazing trait …

Microfluidic devices for studying bacterial taxis, drug testing and biofilm formation

S Pérez‐Rodríguez, JM García‐Aznar… - Microbial …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Some bacteria have coevolved to establish symbiotic or pathogenic relationships with
plants, animals or humans. With human association, the bacteria can cause a variety of …

Active Darcy's Law

RR Keogh, T Kozhukhov, K Thijssen, TN Shendruk - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
While bacterial swarms can exhibit active turbulence in vacant spaces, they naturally inhabit
crowded environments. We numerically show that driving disorderly active fluids through …

Colloid transport in porous media: a review of classical mechanisms and emerging topics

IL Molnar, E Pensini, MA Asad, CA Mitchell… - Transport in Porous …, 2019 - Springer
To celebrate the tenth anniversary of InterPore, we present an interdisciplinary review of
colloid transport through porous media. This review aims to explore both classical colloid …

A review of planar PIV systems and image processing tools for lab-on-chip microfluidics

FG Ergin, BB Watz, NF Gade-Nielsen - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
Image-based sensor systems are quite popular in micro-scale flow investigations due to
their flexibility and scalability. The aim of this manuscript is to provide an overview of current …

[HTML][HTML] Microfluidic techniques for separation of bacterial cells via taxis

JP Gurung, M Gel, MAB Baker - Microbial Cell, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The microbial environment is typically within a fluid and the key processes happen at the
microscopic scale where viscosity dominates over inertial forces. Microfluidic tools are thus …