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Microbial Motility

Microbial Motility is a biological phenomenon characterized by the self-propelled movement of microorganisms through their environment, distinguished from passive dispersion by the inherent capacity of microbes to directionally navigate in response to chemical, physical, or environmental stimuli.

851

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2.3K

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778

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2017–2026

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851

Active Particles in Complex and Crowded Environments

Clemens Bechinger, Roberto Di Leonardo, Hartmut Löwen et al. · Reviews of Modern Physics · 2016 · 3K citations · Full text

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Traveling bands of chemotactic bacteria: A theoretical analysis

Evelyn Fox Keller, Lee A. Segel · Journal of Theoretical Biology · 1971 · 1.2K citations

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Statistical Mechanics of Interacting Run-and-Tumble Bacteria

Julien Tailleur, Michael E. Cates · Physical Review Letters · 2008 · 930 citations · Full text

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The Gradient-Sensing Mechanism in Bacterial Chemotaxis

Robert M. Macnab, Daniel E. Koshland · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1972 · 923 citations

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Hydrodynamic Attraction of Swimming Microorganisms by Surfaces

Allison P. Berke, Linda Turner, Howard C. Berg et al. · Physical Review Letters · 2008 · 872 citations · Full text

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Authors

2.3K

  1. HC
    Howard C. Berg

    Harvard University, United States

    19 publications · 4.7K citations

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  2. IS
    Igor S. Aranson

    Argonne National Laboratory, United States

    16 publications · 3K citations

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  3. DR
    David R. Zusman

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    16 publications · 1.8K citations

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  4. AS
    Andrey Sokolov

    Argonne National Laboratory, United States

    13 publications · 2.9K citations

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  5. MS
    Metin Sitti

    Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Germany

    14 publications · 1.1K citations

    13

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Institutions

778

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    30 h-index

    151 publications

    8.8K citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    28 h-index

    75 publications

    13.5K citations

  3. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    21 h-index

    62 publications

    8.6K citations

  4. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    19 h-index

    66 publications

    3.2K citations

  5. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    18 h-index

    33 publications

    3.6K citations

  6. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    18 h-index

    35 publications

    7.4K citations

  7. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    16 h-index

    45 publications

    4.8K citations

  8. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    15 h-index

    24 publications

    1.7K citations

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  1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 63 publications · 12.8K citations

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  2. Journal of Bacteriology

    JB · 76 publications · 6.3K citations

    46

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  3. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 37 publications · 6.8K citations

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  4. Nature Communications

    25 publications · 2.5K citations

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  5. Biophysical Journal

    27 publications · 2.5K citations

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