Haloarchaea swim slowly for optimal chemotactic efficiency in low nutrient environments
Brownian motion places the ultimate limit on microorganisms’ ability to navigate. Thornton et al. show that Haloarchaea have a strategy of slow swimming and infrequent reorientation that exploits the randomising nature of Brownian motion to achieve optimal chemotaxis at the thermodynamic limit.
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| author | Katie L. Thornton Jaimi K. Butler Seth J. Davis Bonnie K. Baxter Laurence G. Wilson |
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| description | Brownian motion places the ultimate limit on microorganisms’ ability to navigate. Thornton et al. show that Haloarchaea have a strategy of slow swimming and infrequent reorientation that exploits the randomising nature of Brownian motion to achieve optimal chemotaxis at the thermodynamic limit. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3d8b79cf0b8f45009cda17e5e22ae2002022-12-21T22:59:22ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232020-09-011111910.1038/s41467-020-18253-7Haloarchaea swim slowly for optimal chemotactic efficiency in low nutrient environmentsKatie L. Thornton0Jaimi K. Butler1Seth J. Davis2Bonnie K. Baxter3Laurence G. Wilson4Department of Physics, University of YorkGreat Salt Lake Institute, Westminster CollegeDepartment of Biology, University of YorkGreat Salt Lake Institute, Westminster CollegeDepartment of Physics, University of YorkBrownian motion places the ultimate limit on microorganisms’ ability to navigate. Thornton et al. show that Haloarchaea have a strategy of slow swimming and infrequent reorientation that exploits the randomising nature of Brownian motion to achieve optimal chemotaxis at the thermodynamic limit.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18253-7 |
| spellingShingle | Katie L. Thornton Jaimi K. Butler Seth J. Davis Bonnie K. Baxter Laurence G. Wilson Haloarchaea swim slowly for optimal chemotactic efficiency in low nutrient environments Nature Communications |
| title | Haloarchaea swim slowly for optimal chemotactic efficiency in low nutrient environments |
| title_full | Haloarchaea swim slowly for optimal chemotactic efficiency in low nutrient environments |
| title_fullStr | Haloarchaea swim slowly for optimal chemotactic efficiency in low nutrient environments |
| title_full_unstemmed | Haloarchaea swim slowly for optimal chemotactic efficiency in low nutrient environments |
| title_short | Haloarchaea swim slowly for optimal chemotactic efficiency in low nutrient environments |
| title_sort | haloarchaea swim slowly for optimal chemotactic efficiency in low nutrient environments |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18253-7 |
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