Table 1.

Parameters for the three bacterial strains studied

Bacterial strain		Dynamic variables			Flagellar dimensions				Cell size		Cell No.
Genus	Name	$V\left(\frac{\mu \text{m}}{\text{s}}\right)$	$\frac{\omega }{2\pi }\left(\text{Hz}\right)$	$\frac{\Omega }{2\pi }\left(\text{Hz}\right)$	ℓ(μm)	λ(μm)	2R(nm)	r(nm)	a(μm)	b(μm)	nD	nG
V. alginolyticus	YM42	34 (1)	571 (12)	26 (1)	3.7 (1)	1.2 (0.02)	280 (1)	16	0.35 (0.01)	2.3 (0.05)	140	40
C. crescentus	YB4038	30 (1)	311 (10)	31 (1)	4.5 (0.6)	0.96 (0.01)	280 (1)	7	0.42 (0.01)	0.96 (0.03)	80	40
E. coli minicell	P567-48	14 (0.4)	78 (2)	31 (1)	6.2 (0.2)	2.3 (0.02)	380 (5)	12	0.41 (0.01)	0.41 (0.01)	75	40

The uncertainties quoted in parenthesis are standard errors of the mean. The values n_D and n_G are, respectively, the numbers of cells used in the dynamic and geometric measurements. The values for r were obtained from the literature (8–10) for V. alginolyticus, C. crescentus, and E. coli minicells, respectively.