Effective dynamics of microorganisms that interact with their own trail

Like ants, some microorganisms are known to leave trails on surfaces to communicate. We explore how trail-mediated self-interaction could affect the behavior of individual microorganisms when diffusive spreading of the trail is negligible on the timescale of the microorganism using a simple...

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Main Authors: Golestanian, R, Gelimson, A, Kranz, W, Zhao, K, Wong, G
Format: Journal article
Published: American Physical Society 2016