Bacterial Vortex: Microbes' Odd 'Swimming' Behavior Explained

Monday, June 23, 2014 - 18:00 in Biology & Nature

When Bacillus subtilis bacteria, a species normally found in the human gut, are placed in a drop of water, the organisms create a vortex, with bacteria on the outside swimming in one direction and the ones on the inside swimming the opposite way.

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