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cond-mat.soft2022★ 3 cited
Pressure-induced Shape-shifting of Helical Bacteria
Cesar L. Pastrana, Luyi Qiu, Shahaf Armon +2
Many bacterial species are helical in form, including the widespread pathogen H. pylori. Motivated by recent experiments on H. pylori showing that cell wall synthesis is not unifor…
cond-mat.soft2021★ 16 cited
Bending Instability of Rod-shaped Bacteria
Luyi Qiu, John W. Hutchinson, Ariel Amir
A thin-walled tube, e.g., a drinking straw, manifests an instability when bent by localizing the curvature change in a small region. This instability has been extensively studied s…