Motile curved bacteria are Pareto-optimal [Biophysics and Computational Biology]

Curved rods are a ubiquitous bacterial phenotype, but the fundamental question of why they are shaped this way remains unanswered. Through in silico experiments, we assessed freely swimming straight- and curved-rod bacteria of a wide diversity of equal-volume shapes parameterized by elongation and curvature, and predicted their performances in tasks...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - July 15, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Rudi Schuech, Tatjana Hoehfurtner, David J. Smith, Stuart Humphries Tags: PNAS Plus Source Type: research