7 citations
2 papers
physics.bio-ph2024★ 6 cited
Slower swimming promotes chemotactic encounters between bacteria and small phytoplankton
Riccardo Foffi, Douglas R. Brumley, François Peaudecerf +2
Chemotaxis enables marine bacteria to increase encounters with phytoplankton cells by reducing their search times, provided that bacteria detect noisy chemical gradients around phy…
physics.bio-ph2024★ 7 cited
Fluid flow generates bacterial conjugation hotspots by increasing the rate of shear-driven cell-cell encounters
Matti Zbinden, Jana S. Huisman, Natasha Blitvic +2
Conjugation accelerates bacterial evolution by enabling bacteria to acquire genes horizontally from their neighbors. Plasmid donors must physically encounter and connect with recip…