Chemomodulation of cellular movement, collective formation of vortices by swarming bacteria, and colonial development

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 238, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 181-197

  Ben Jacob, Eshel ^a   Cohen, Inon ^a   Czirók, András ^b   Vicsek, Tamás ^b   Gutnick, David L ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); TORQUE; VORTEX FLOW;

BACTERIAL COLONIES; CHEMOATTRACTANTS; CHEMOMODULATION;

BACTERIA;

EID: 0031118285     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(96)00457-8     Document Type: Article

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