Reaction-diffusion model for pattern formation in E. coli swarming colonies with slime

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Zorzano, M P ^a   Hochberg, D ^a   Cuevas, M T ^a   Gomez Gomez J M ^a  

^a CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PATTERN FORMATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL FACTORS; REACTION-DIFFUSION MODEL; SWIMMING MOTILITY;

CELLS; DIFFUSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); VISCOSITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MYXOCOCCALES; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYXOCOCCALES; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED;

EID: 41349091194     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.71.031908     Document Type: Article

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