Cellular scale search and funneling drive bacterial penetration of extreme confinements

Pravin Subrahmaniyan, Sayak Mukhopadhyay, Romit Bishayi, Rachit Gupta, Abey J. John, Jeevan Janeev, Nainika Chaubal, Aditya Katiyar, Tanmay P. Lele, Pushkar P. Lele

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DOI: 10.1038/s42005-026-02788-0
Published: 2026-08-14
Container: Communications Physics
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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@article{allodium:10.1038/s42005-026-02788-0,
  title = {Cellular scale search and funneling drive bacterial penetration of extreme confinements},
  author = {Pravin Subrahmaniyan and Sayak Mukhopadhyay and Romit Bishayi and Rachit Gupta and Abey J. John and Jeevan Janeev and Nainika Chaubal and Aditya Katiyar and Tanmay P. Lele and Pushkar P. Lele},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Communications Physics},
  doi = {10.1038/s42005-026-02788-0},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-026-02788-0}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Cellular scale search and funneling drive bacterial penetration of extreme confinements
AU  - Pravin Subrahmaniyan
AU  - Sayak Mukhopadhyay
AU  - Romit Bishayi
AU  - Rachit Gupta
AU  - Abey J. John
AU  - Jeevan Janeev
AU  - Nainika Chaubal
AU  - Aditya Katiyar
AU  - Tanmay P. Lele
AU  - Pushkar P. Lele
PY  - 2026
JO  - Communications Physics
DO  - 10.1038/s42005-026-02788-0
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Subrahmaniyan, P., Mukhopadhyay, S., Bishayi, R., Gupta, R., John, A. J., Janeev, J., Chaubal, N., Katiyar, A., Lele, T. P., & Lele, P. P. (2026). Cellular scale search and funneling drive bacterial penetration of extreme confinements. Communications Physics. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-026-02788-0

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