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physics.bio-ph2019★ 11 cited
Swimming of bacterium \textit{Bacillus subtilis} with multiple bundles of flagella
Javad Najafi, Florian Altegoer, Gert Bange +1
We characterize the bundle properties for three different strains of \textit{B. subtilis} bacteria with various numbers of flagella. Our study reveals that, surprisingly, the numbe…
physics.bio-ph2019★ 50 cited
Flagellar number governs bacterial spreading and transport efficiency
Javad Najafi, M. Reza Shaebani, Thomas John +3
Peritrichous bacteria synchronize and bundle their flagella to actively swim while disruption of the bundle leads to tumbling. It is still not known whether the number of flagella…