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Vorticella: A Protozoan for Bio-Inspired Engineering

In this review, we introduce Vorticella as a model biological micromachine for microscale engineering systems. Vorticella has two motile organelles: the oral cilia of the zooid and the contractile spasmoneme in the stalk. The oral cilia beat periodically, generating a water flow that translates food...

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Autores principales: Ryu, Sangjin, Pepper, Rachel E., Nagai, Moeto, France, Danielle C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6189993/
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi8010004