Screenshot of the paper online
Screenshot of the paper online
On November 2nd, researchers from Fu Xiongfei's research group at the Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Advanced Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences published an article in the eLife magazine, revealing the coordination mechanism of bacteria cluster migration through ordered queues
eLife As the smallest living organism that can move independently, bacteria can rotate the flagella on the body and swim in the liquid
When bacteria form a group and gather together, they will consume the chemotaxis in the environment together
In order to answer this question, the researchers tracked and observed the trajectory of each bacteria
After a series of model deductions, the researchers found that this kind of'power', which is strong at the back and weak at the front, does exist, and it is precisely because the concentration gradient generated by the bacterial population that consumes chemotaxis is always high at the back and low at the front
When the bacterial colony migrates, there is such a strong'pushing force' at the back and weak at the front, which is a huge benefit for those less sensitive bacteria
Schematic diagram of bacteria forming an ordered queue
Schematic diagram of bacteria forming an ordered queue
Related paper information: https://doi.
https://doi.
org/10.
7554/elife.
67316
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