{
  "name": "Speed decay time and coasting distance: E. coli against a gliding rummy-nose tetra",
  "desc": "How soon a swimming E. coli loses its speed by a factor of e and how far it coasts (sphere model computed for this site, and a published estimate), set against the glide of a rummy-nose tetra",
  "lic": "CC BY 4.0",
  "lic_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "by": "Ants, Cells & Atoms",
  "url": "https://antscellsandatoms.com/scale/the-syrup-line/",
  "from": [
    "cell volumes from Volkmer & Heinemann 2011; speeds, drag on a sphere and the coasting estimate from Lauga & Powers 2009; water at 20 °C from water-properties.csv; tetra glide from Calovi et al. 2018"
  ],
  "how": "Compiled by Ants, Cells & Atoms from the data listed",
  "data_by": [
    "Volkmer B, Heinemann M 2011, PLoS ONE 6:e23126, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0023126; Lauga E, Powers TR 2009, Reports on Progress in Physics 72:096601, https://doi.org/10.1088/0034-4885/72/9/096601; Calovi DS et al. 2018, PLoS Computational Biology 14:e1005933, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005933; retrieved 2026-10-24",
    "Sphere model and ratios: computed 2026-10-24"
  ]
}