Environment-dependent morphology in plasmodium of true slime mold Physarum polycephalum and a network growth model

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 256, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-44

  Takamatsu, Atsuko ^a   Takaba, Eri ^a   Takizawa, Ginjiro ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial colony; Growth dynamics; Network; Oscillation; Pattern formation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH MODELING; MORPHOLOGY; MOTILITY; PROTOZOAN;

ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROORGANISM; MOULD; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; ENVIRONMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOGASTRIA; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM;

EID: 56949097858     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.09.010     Document Type: Article

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