Pattern formation of bacterial colonies by escherichia coli

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Tokita, Rie ^a   Katoh, Takaki ^a   Maeda, Yusuke ^b   Wakita, Jun Ichi ^a   Sano, Masaki ^b   Matsuyama, Tohey ^c   Matsushita, Mitsugu ^a  

^a CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Niigata Women's College   (Japan)

Author keywords

bacterial colony; Cell motility; Concentric ring pattern; Escherichia coli; Fluid spreading pattern

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650787141     PISSN: 00319015     EISSN: 13474073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JPSJ.78.074005     Document Type: Article

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