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Till, Sebastian ; Ebmeier, Florian ; Fragkopoulos, Alexandros ; Mazza, Marco G. ; Bäumchen, Oliver:
Motility and self-organization of gliding Chlamydomonas populations.
In: Physical Review Research.
Vol. 4
(2022)
Issue 4
.
- L042046.
ISSN 2643-1564
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.L042046
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Cellular appendages such as cilia and flagella represent universal tools enabling cells and microbes,
among other essential functionalities, to propel themselves in diverse environments. In its planktonic,
i.e. freely swimming, state the unicellular bi-flagellated microbe Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
employs a periodic breaststroke-like flagellar beating to displace the surrounding fluid. Another
flagella-mediated motility mode is observed for surface-associated Chlamydomonas cells, which glide
along the surface by means of force transduction through an intraflagellar transport machinery. Experiments
and statistical motility analysis demonstrate that this gliding motility enhances clustering
and supports self-organization of Chlamydomonas populations. We employ Minkowski functionals
to characterize the spatiotemporal organization of the surface-associated cell monolayer. We find
that simulations based on a purely mechanistic approach cannot capture the observed non-random
cell configurations. Quantitative agreement with experimental data however is achieved when considering
a minimal cognitive model of the flagellar mechanosensing.
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Item Type: | Article in a journal |
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Refereed: | Yes |
Keywords: | Cell motility; Self-orginization; Active matter |
Institutions of the University: | Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Science Faculties > Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Science > Department of Physics Faculties > Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Science > Department of Physics > Chair Experimental Physics V Faculties > Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Science > Department of Physics > Chair Experimental Physics V > Chair Experimental Physics V - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Oliver Bäumchen |
Result of work at the UBT: | Yes |
DDC Subjects: | 500 Science 500 Science > 530 Physics |
Date Deposited: | 13 Feb 2023 07:09 |
Last Modified: | 13 Feb 2023 07:09 |
URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/73661 |
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