Research Article
Space Partitioning and Maze Solving by Bacteria
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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-030-24202-2_13, author={Ayyappasamy Perumal and Monalisha Nayak and Viola Tok\^{a}rov\^{a} and Ondřej Kašpar and Dan Nicolau}, title={Space Partitioning and Maze Solving by Bacteria}, proceedings={Bio-inspired Information and Communication Technologies. 11th EAI International Conference, BICT 2019, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, March 13--14, 2019, Proceedings}, proceedings_a={BICT}, year={2019}, month={7}, keywords={Bacterial motility Microfluidics Maze}, doi={10.1007/978-3-030-24202-2_13} }- Ayyappasamy Perumal
Monalisha Nayak
Viola Tokárová
Ondřej Kašpar
Dan Nicolau
Year: 2019
Space Partitioning and Maze Solving by Bacteria
BICT
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-24202-2_13
Abstract
Many bacteria dwell in micro-habitats, e.g., animal or plant tissues, waste matter, and soil. Consequently, bacterial space searching and partitioning is critical to their survival. However, the vast majority of studies regarding the motility of bacteria have been performed in open environments. To fill this gap in knowledge, we studied the behaviour of - in microfluidic channels with sub-10 µm dimensions, which present two types of geometries, namely a diamond-like network and a maze. The velocity, average time spent, and distance required to exit the networks, have been calculated to assess the intelligent-like behaviour of bacteria.
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