An active bath of swimming bacteria (IMAGE)

Institute of Science and Technology Austria

An active bath of swimming bacteria

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An active bath of swimming bacteria. (A) Aggregation of sticky beads in a thermal (normal) bath or in a bath of swimming bacteria. (B) Experimental aggregation in the thermal or the bacterial bath, showing the formation of visually distinct gel structures.

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© Palacci Group/Nature Physics

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