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Swimming microorganisms move as they please, and it requires patience to observe their appendage motions, swimming kinematics, and the resulting flows. In a new paper in the Journal of Experimental Biology, we show how to use ultrasound to acoustically tether and enable behavioral observations of individual microorganisms with simple...
The feeding on suspended food particles in ciliates is complex and relies typically on coordinated motion in bands of transversal rows of cilia known as membranelles. A new paper in Physical Review Fluids explores and models the fluid dynamics of feeding flow and particle retention in ciliates that use a single membranelle band to both...
Many aquatic microorganisms attach to solid surfaces while creating feeding flows that bring prey particles to them. A new paper in Physical Review Fluids explores how such feeding flows are affected by the proximity to the surface and the orientation of the flow-generating force.