Bacterial self-organization: Co-enhancement of complexification and adaptability in a dynamic environment

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1807, 2003, Pages 1283-1312

  Ben Jacob, Eshel ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Communication; Complexification; Dynamic environment; Flexibility based adaptability; Information; Regulated freedom

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DIVISION; CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; CELL DIVISION; CHEMOTAXIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0043236194     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2003.1199     Document Type: Conference Paper

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