  Can a bath of isotropic but active particles promote ordering of anisotropic
but passive particles? In this paper, we uncover a fluctuation-driven mechanism
by which this is possible. Somewhat counter-intuitively, we show that the
passive particles tend to be more ordered upon increasing the noise-strength of
the active isotropic bath. We first demonstrate this in a general dynamical
model for a non-conserved order parameter (model A) coupled to an active
isotropic field and then concentrate on two examples, i. a collection of polar
rods on a substrate in an active isotropic bath and ii. a passive apolar
suspension in a momentum conserved, actively forced but isotropic fluid which
is relevant for current research in active systems. Our theory, which is
relevant for understanding ordering transitions in out-of-equilibrium systems
can be tested in experiments, for instance, by introducing a low concentration
of passive rod-like objects in active isotropic fluids and, since it is
applicable to any non-conserved dynamical field, may have applications far
beyond active matter.
