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McCutcheon index

The McCutcheon index or chemotactic ratio is the ratio of the net displacement of a bacterium to the length of its actual path.

McCutcheon index = Displacement Distance .

It is named after Morton McCutcheon who introduced it to describe chemotaxis in leukocytes.

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McCutcheon index Wikipedia