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(a) An optical tweezers traps a bacterium horizontally in the presence of a flow, while in its absence the cell aligns with the optical axis. (b) Geometrical parameters of a bacterium, and the definitions of the dynamical variables: the swimming speed V, and the angular velocities of the flagellum ω, and the cell body Ω.
