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| rdf:type | |
| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
16
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1996-9-12
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| pubmed:abstractText |
Bacteria that swim without the benefit of flagella might do so by generating longitudinal or transverse surface waves. For example, swimming speeds of order 25 microns/s are expected for a spherical cell propagating longitudinal waves of 0.2 micron length, 0.02 micron amplitude, and 160 microns/s speed. This problem was solved earlier by mathematicians who were interested in the locomotion of ciliates and who considered the undulations of the envelope swept out by ciliary tips. A new solution is given for spheres propagating sinusoidal waveforms rather than Legendre polynomials. The earlier work is reviewed and possible experimental tests are suggested.
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| pubmed:commentsCorrections | |
| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Aug
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| pubmed:issn |
0027-8424
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:day |
6
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| pubmed:volume |
93
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
8340-3
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2010-9-13
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| pubmed:meshHeading | |
| pubmed:year |
1996
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Do cyanobacteria swim using traveling surface waves?
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Mathematics, California State University at Monterey Bay, Seaside 93933, USA.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.,
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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