An (almost) solvable model for bacterial pattern formation

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 234, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 90-97

  Grammaticos, B ^a   Badoual, M ^a   Aubert, M ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterial colonies; Migration consolidation; Pattern formation; Ring like structures

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BACTERIAL COLONIES; MIGRATION CONSOLIDATION; PATTERN FORMATION; RING-LIKE STRUCTURES;

PATTERN RECOGNITION;

EID: 34548480261     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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