Repulsion and metabolic switches in the collective behavior of bacterial colonies

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 688-698

  Sekowska, A ^a   Masson, J B ^a   Celani, A ^a   Danchin, A ^a   Vergassola, M ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; QUORUM SENSING; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SURFACE PROPERTY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 68949083285     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.04.018     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Fujikawa, H., and M. J. Matsushita. 1989. Fractal growth of Bacillus subtilis on agar plates. J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 58:3875-3878.
2. Czirok, A., E. Ben-Jacob, I. Cohen, and T. Vicsek. 1996. Formation of complex bacterial colonies via self-generated vortices. Phys. Rev. E Stat. Phys. Plasmas Fluids Relat. Interdiscip. Topics. 54: 1791-1801.
3. Ben-Jacob, E., I. Cohen, and H. Levine. 2000. Cooperative self-organization of microorganisms. Adv. Phys. 49:395-554.
4. Wu, Y., Y. Jiang, D. Kaiser, and M. Alber. 2007. Social interactions in myxobacterial swarming. PLoS Comp. Biol. 3:12:e253.
5. Adler, J. 1966. Chemotaxis in bacteria. Science. 153:708-716.
6. Murray, J. D. 2002. Mathematical Biology, 3rd Ed. Springer Verlag, Berlin, Germany.
7. Brenner, M. P., L. Levitov, and E. Budrene. 1998. Physical mechanisms for chemotactic pattern formation by bacteria. Biophys. J. 74:1677-1693.
8. Budrene, E., and H. C. Berg. 1995. Dynamics of formation of symmetrical patterns by chemotactic bacteria. Nature. 376:49-53.
9. Adler, J., Q. L. Hazelbauer, and M. M. Dahl. 1973. Chemotaxis toward sugars in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 115:824-847.
10. McClelland, M. 2001. Complete genome sequence of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium LT2. Nature. 413:852-856.
11. Blattner, F. R. 1997. The complete genome sequence of Escherichia coli K-12. Science. 277:1453-1474.
12. Medigue, C. 2005. Coping with cold: the genome of the versatile marine Antarctica bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAC125. Genome Res. 15:1325-1335.
13. Spizizen, J. 1958. Transformation of biochemically deficient strains of Bacillus subtilis by deoxyribonucleate. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 44:1072-1078.
14. Neidhardt, F. C. 1974. Culture medium for enterobacteria. J. Bacteriol. 119:736-747.
15. Bozal, N. 1997. Pseudoalteromonas antarctica sp. nov., isolated from an Antarctic coastal environment. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 47:345-351.
16. Lapidus, I. R., and R. Schiller. 1976. Model for chemotactic response of a bacterial population. Biophys. J. 16:779-789.
17. Block, S. M., J. E. Segall, and H. C. Berg. 1982. Impulse responses in bacterial chemotaxis. Cell. 31:215-226.
18. van Saarloos, W. 2003. Front propagation into unstable states. Phys. Rep. 386:29-222.
19. Brunet, E., and B. Derrida. 1997. Shift in the velocity of a front due to a cutoff. Phys. Rev. E Stat. Phys. Plasmas Fluids Relat. Interdiscip. Topics. 56:2597-2604.
20. Ackermann, M. 2008. Self-destructive cooperation mediated by phenotypic noise. Nature. 454:987-990.
21. Gibbs, K. A., M. L. Urbanowski, and E. P. Greenberg. 2008. Genetic determinants of self-identity and social recognition in bacteria. Science. 321:256-259.
22. Amsler, C. D., M. Cho, and P. Matsumure. 1993. Multiple factors underlying the maximum motility of E. coli as cultures enter post-exponential growth. J. Bacteriol. 175:6238-6244.
23. Vlamakis, H., S. Aguilar, R. Losick, and R. Kolter. 2008. Control of cell fate by formation of an architecturally complex bacterial community. Genes Dev. 22:945-953.
24. Blair, K. M. 2008. A molecular clutch disables flagella in the Bacillus subtilis biofilm. Science. 320:1636-1638.
25. Gradshteyn, I. S., and I. M. Ryzhik. 2000. Table of Integrals, Series and Products, 6th ed. Academic Press, New York.