From branching to nebula patterning during colonial development of the Paenibacillus alvei bacteria

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 286, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 321-336

  Cohen, Inon ^a   Ron, Ilan G ^a   Ben Jacob, Eshel ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BACTERIAL COLONIES; COLLECTIVE MIGRATION; COLONIAL DEVELOPMENT; NEBULA PATTERNING; PATTERN FORMATION; SWARMING;

BACTERIA;

EID: 0034300198     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(00)00335-6     Document Type: Article

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