Interface growth and pattern formation in bacterial colonies

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 249, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 517-524

  Matsushita, M ^a   Wakita, J ^a   Itoh, H ^a   Rafols I ^a   Matsuyama, T ^b   Sakaguchi, H ^c   Mimura, M ^d  

^a CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial colony; Interface growth; Pattern formation; Self affinity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CELLS; GROWTH KINETICS; MODELS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL COLONIES; INTERFACE GROWTH; PATTERN FORMATION; SELF AFFINITY;

STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

EID: 0031999986     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(97)00511-6     Document Type: Article

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