Gliding motility

Gliding motility

Modeling Swimming Micro/Nano-Systems in Low Reynolds Number

Published in Ning Xi, Mingjun Zhang, Guangyong Li, Modeling and Control for Micro/Nano Devices and Systems, 2017

Stefan Nwandu-Vincent, Scott Lenaghan, Mingjun Zhang

Gliding motility is defined as a smooth translocation of cells over a surface by an active process that requires the expenditure of energy. It is flagella independent and follows the long axis of the cell [9]. Gliding bacteria live in environments as diverse as the human mouth, ocean sediments, and garden soil.

On the propulsion of capsule-shaped organisms next to slippery rigid boundaries

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Published in Waves in Random and Complex Media, 2023

Zeeshan Asghar, Rehman Ali Shah, Wasfi Shatanawi, Muhammad Asif Gondal

In 1984, it was observed by Burchard [1] that there are two different mechanisms by which gliding bacteria can motile on various surfaces. The first mechanism of gliding motility is the secretion of a material called a surfactant, that pushes the bacteria forward across different surfaces. The second one is via muscular movement (or protein transport). Various facsimiles were proposed to estimate gliding locomotion [2–6]. Focal adhesions are multi-protein, integrin-containing arrangements that form automated relations among intracellular basal surface and the extracellular substrate in numerous organisms [3,5,7,8]. Mitochondrial respiration produces a protonmotive force (PMF), across the cytoskeleton in gliding cells [2,9–12].

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