The mechanisms responsible for 2-dimensional pattern formation in bacterialmacrofiber populations grown on solid surfaces: Fiber joining and the creationof exclusion zones

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-11

  Mendelson, Neil H ^a   Morales, David ^a   Thwaites, John J ^b  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

^b GONVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL KINETICS; BACTERIAL MACROFIBER; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; SOLID STATE; THERMODYNAMICS; VIDEORECORDING; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROSCOPY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CULTURE MEDIA; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MOVEMENT;

EID: 18744376864     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-2-1     Document Type: Article

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