Simulating the migration and growth patterns of Bacillus subtilis

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 388, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 549-559

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

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterial colony; Cellular automaton; Morphological diagram; Pattern formation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; CELLULAR AUTOMATA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL COLONIES; GROWTH PATTERNS; MORPHOLOGICAL DIAGRAMS; PATTERN FORMATION; RING-LIKE STRUCTURES; SUBTILIS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 57349093358     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2008.10.046     Document Type: Article

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