The role of body rotation in bacterial flagellar bundling

Details The role of body rotation in bacterial flagellar bundling The role of body rotation in bacterial flagellar bundling

2002-08-05

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0208085v1

Physical Review E, Volume 65, 040903(R) 2002

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.65.040903

In bacterial chemotaxis, E. coli cells drift up chemical gradients by a series of runs and tumbles. Runs are periods of directed swimming, and tumbles are abrupt changes in swimming direction. Near the beginning of each run, the rotating helical flagellar filaments which propel the cell form a bundle. Using resistive-force theory, we show that the counter-rotation of the cell body necessary for torque balance is sufficient to wrap the filaments into a bundle, even in the absence of the swirling flows produced by each individual filament.

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