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Home » Biophysics and bioengineering » Biophysics » Physicists show how bacteria swim towards regions of higher viscosity

Physicists show how bacteria swim towards regions of higher viscosity

30 May 2018
Leptospira interrogans
The thick of it: Leptospira interrogans is a viscotactic bacterium. (Courtesy: CDC/NCID/HIP/Janice Carr (PHIL #1220))
A number of microorganisms have a talent for viscotaxis – movement through fluids to areas of thic

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Louisa Cockbill is a science writer based in the UK
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