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First published online November 1, 2006
Journal of Experimental Biology 209, 4452-4463 (2006)
Published by The Company of Biologists 2006
doi: 10.1242/jeb.02537
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Interaction of two swimming Paramecia

Takuji Ishikawa1,* and Masateru Hota2

1 Department of Bioengineering and Robotics, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Aoba 6-6-01, Sendai 980-8579, Japan
2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Fukui, 3-9-1 Bunkyo, Fukui 610-8507, Japan

* Author for correspondence (e-mail: ishikawa{at}pfsl.mech.tohoku.ac.jp)

Accepted 8 September 2006

The interaction between two swimming Paramecium caudatum was investigated experimentally. Cell motion was restricted between flat plates, and avoiding and escape reactions were observed, as well as hydrodynamic interactions. The results showed that changes in direction between two swimming cells were induced mainly by hydrodynamic forces and that the biological reaction was a minor factor. Numerical simulations were also performed using a boundary element method. P. caudatum was modelled as a rigid spheroid with surface tangential velocity measured by a particle image velocimetry (PIV) technique. Hydrodynamic interactions observed in the experiment agreed well with the numerical simulations, so we can conclude that the present cell model is appropriate for describing the motion of P. caudatum.

Key words: hydrodynamic interaction, Paramecium caudatum, biological reaction, swimming motion, numerical simulation




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