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Locomotion of microorganisms is commonly observed in nature. Although microorganism locomotion is commonly attributed to mechanical deformation of solid appendages, in 1956 Nobel Laureate Peter Mitchell proposed that an asymmetric ion flux on a bacterium's surface could generate electric fields that drive locomotion via self-electrophoresis.
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- Wheat, Philip Matthew (Author)
- Posner, Jonathan D (Thesis advisor)
- Phelan, Patrick (Committee member)
- Chen, Kangping (Committee member)
- Buttry, Daniel (Committee member)
- Calhoun, Ronald (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
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2011
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- Partial requirement for: Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2011Note typethesis
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-132)Note typebibliography
- Field of study: Mechanical engineering
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by Philip Matthew Wheat