Diffusion Constants of the E. coli Bacteriophages
- 1 March 1948
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine
- Vol. 67 (3) , 294-296
- https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-67-16280
Abstract
The tail of the Escherichia coli bacteriophage does not contribute to its motion in a liquid medium. The slightest propulsion such a tail might give would have increased the diffusion constant tremendously since diffusion increases as the square of the distance moved in Brownian motion.Keywords
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- Uniformity of Size of Bacteriophage ParticlesExperimental Biology and Medicine, 1947