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physics.bio-ph2026
Life in a tight spot: Coupled dynamics of bacteria and soil across scales
Pablo Bravo, Tanumoy Dhar, Eloise Masquelier +2
Soil harbors much of Earth's bacterial life. The activity of these bacteria governs plant growth, carbon and nitrogen cycling, and the response of land to a changing climate. Under…
physics.bio-ph2026
Biogenic bubbles enable microbial escape from physical confinement
Babak Vajdi Hokmabad, Thomas Appleford, Hao Nghi Luu +3
Immotile microbes inhabit nearly every environment on Earth, from soils and sediments to food matrices -- yet how they disperse through these physically confining environments is p…
physics.bio-ph2024
Life at low Reynolds number isn't such a drag
Sujit S. Datta
The following is an unedited version of two short articles that are forthcoming in Nature Chemical Engineering. Inspired by Purcell's classic lecture "Life at low Reynolds number",…