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Bacterial suspensions under flow

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Fluids laden with motile bacteria enter in the category of active matter, a new field currently developing at the convergence of biology, hydrodynamics and statistical physics. Such suspensions were shown recently to exhibit singular macroscopic transport properties. In this paper we review some recent results, either theoretical or experimental, on the active fluid rheology. We focus principally on bacteria suspensions and the objective is to provide the basis for understanding the emergence of the singular constitutive relations characterizing the macroscopic transport properties of such an active fluid under flow.

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  1. PMMH, UMR 7636 CNRS – ESPCI – University Pierre et Marie Curie – University Denis Diderot, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75005, Paris, France

    Eric Clement & Anke Lindner

  2. Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS UMR 8502, 91405, Orsay, France

    Carine Douarche

  3. Univ Paris-Sud, CNRS, Lab FAST, Bât 502, Campus Univ Orsay, 91405, Orsay, France

    Harold Auradou

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Clement, E., Lindner, A., Douarche, C. et al. Bacterial suspensions under flow. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 225, 2389–2406 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2016-60068-6

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