Modeling spatio-temporal patterns generated by Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 177-185

  Kawasaki, K ^a   Mochizuki, A ^b   Matsushita, M ^c   Umeda, T ^d   Shigesada, N ^e  

^a DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KOBE UNIVERSITY OF MERCANTILE MARINE   (Japan)

^e NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

BACTERIAL COLONY; DIFFUSION-REACTION MODEL; SPATIAL PATTERN; TEMPORAL PATTERN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL DENSITY; CELL MOTION; COLONY FORMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PATTERN GENERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0031582766     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1997.0462     Document Type: Article

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