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Christopher Dante Ashih1ORCID logo, Yuyan Xu1, and Javier Apfeld2§ORCID logo

1Biology Department, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

2Biology Department, Bioengineering Department, and Chemical Engineering Department, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

§Correspondence to: Javier Apfeld (j.apfeld@northeastern.edu)

Abstract

Description

Methods

Extended Data

  • Description: Wormtrails software. Resource Type: Software. DOI: 10.22002/a2249-vpz91
  • Description: Video 1: Single worm locomotion on a 6 cm petri plate with an E. coli OP50 bacterial lawn. Raw video.. Resource Type: Audiovisual. DOI: 10.22002/p3k6g-ds383
  • Description: Video 2: Single worm locomotion on a 6 cm petri plate with an E. coli OP50 bacterial lawn. Average-frame subtracted.. Resource Type: Audiovisual. DOI: 10.22002/7vtf6-ceb74
  • Description: Video 3: Single worm locomotion on a 6 cm petri plate with an E. coli OP50 bacterial lawn. Wormtrails visualization showing locomotion over the previous 60 seconds.. Resource Type: Audiovisual. DOI: 10.22002/9jq1e-xzj06
  • Description: Video 4: Dispersion of a large population of adult worms on a 9 cm petri plate. Raw video.. Resource Type: Audiovisual. DOI: 10.22002/mjxsk-cq618
  • Description: Video 5: Dispersion of a large population of adult worms on a 9 cm petri plate. Average-frame subtracted.. Resource Type: Audiovisual. DOI: 10.22002/bytpa-e0g34
  • Description: Video 6:Dispersion of a large population of adult worms on a 9 cm petri plate. Wormtrails visualization showing locomotion over the previous 20 seconds.. Resource Type: Audiovisual. DOI: 10.22002/k395n-be631

Acknowledgements

Funding

Author Contributions

  • Christopher Dante Ashih: Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing, Investigation
  • Yuyan Xu: Investigation
  • Javier Apfeld: Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing - original draft, Visualization

Reviewed By

Anonymous

Database Reference ID: WBPaper00069160

History

  • Received: 11/11/2025
  • Revision Received: 1/30/2026
  • Accepted: 2/23/2026
  • Published Online: 2/24/2026

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Copyright

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