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Motile curved bacteria are Pareto-optimal

Curved rods are a ubiquitous bacterial phenotype, but the fundamental question of why they are shaped this way remains unanswered. Through in silico experiments, we assessed freely swimming straight- and curved-rod bacteria of a wide diversity of equal-volume shapes parameterized by elongation and c...

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Autores principales: Schuech, Rudi, Hoehfurtner, Tatjana, Smith, David J., Humphries, Stuart
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6642390/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31266896
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1818997116