Nutrient transport driven by microbial active carpets
arXiv:1804.10271 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.248101
Abstract
We demonstrate that active carpets of bacteria or self-propelled colloids generate coherent flows towards the substrate, and propose that these currents provide efficient pathways to replenish nutrients that feed back into activity. A full theory is developed in terms of gradients in the active matter density and velocity, and applied to bacterial turbulence, topological defects and clustering. Currents with complex spatiotemporal patterns are obtained, which are tuneable through confinement. Our findings show that diversity in carpet architecture is essential to maintain biofunctionality.
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