A parsimonious murburn model for microbial motility connects metabolic water ejection to observable mechanical outcomes
Kelath Murali Manoj, Abhijith Anandakrishnan, Sunil Kumar S, Daniel Andrew Gideon
This paper introduces the murburn model, which explains bacterial motility through metabolic water ejection, showing it can reproduce observed swimming speeds and rotation without a rotary motor.
bioRxiv · Jun 10, 2026 · PreprintBiophysics