Accumulation of Tetrahymena pyriformis on Interfaces.

ABSTRACT: The behavior of ciliates has been studied for many years through environmental biology and the ethology of microorganisms, and recent hydrodynamic studies of microswimmers have greatly advanced our understanding of the behavioral dynamics at the single-cell level. However, the association between single-cell dynamics captured by microscopic observation and pattern dynamics obtained by macroscopic observation is not always obvious. Hence, to bridge the gap between the two, there is a need for experimental results on swarming dynamics at the mesoscopic scale. In this study, we investigated the spatial population dynamics of the ciliate, Tetrahymena pyriformis, based on quantitative data analysis. We combined the image processing of 3D micrographs and machine learning to obtain the pos

SUBMITTER: Okuyama K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8622496 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature