Liu Z, Papadopoulos K D
Department of Chemical Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 1995 Oct;61(10):3567-72. doi: 10.1128/aem.61.10.3567-3572.1995.
In a 6-microns capillary filled with buffer and in the absence of any chemotactic stimuli, Escherichia coli K-12 cells swim persistently in only one direction. This behavior of E. coli can be simply explained by means of the length and relative rigidity of their flagella. Single-cell motility parameters--swimming speed, turn angle, and run length time--were measured. Compared with the motility parameters measured in bulk phase, turn angle was influenced because of the effect of the geometrical restriction.
在一根充满缓冲液且不存在任何趋化刺激的6微米毛细管中,大肠杆菌K - 12细胞仅沿一个方向持续游动。大肠杆菌的这种行为可以通过其鞭毛的长度和相对刚性简单地解释。测量了单细胞运动参数——游动速度、转向角度和游动长度时间。与在体相中测量的运动参数相比,由于几何限制的影响,转向角度受到了影响。