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.[1][2]

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

References
  1. Chemotaxis in Leukocytes Archived 2012-07-15 at Archive.today
  2. The response of human neutrophils to a chemotactic tripeptide
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