Collective motion and density fluctuations in bacterial colonies

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 31, 2010, Pages 13626-13630

  Zhang, H P ^a   Be'er, Avraham ^a   Florin, E L ^a   Swinney, Harry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Active suspensions; Self organization; Swarming

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOTION;

AVES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTION;

EID: 77956377721     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1001651107     Document Type: Article

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