Why Bacteria Swim in a Vortex | Observation and Visualization

Monday, June 23, 2014 - 17:30 in Biology & Nature

When confined in a water droplet, B. subtilis bacteria collectively and spontaneously form a swirling vortex, with some bacteria moving in one direction and others moving the opposite way, observations and computer models show. 

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