Size distribution of bacterial cells in homogeneously spreading disk-like colonies by Bacillus subtilis

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Wakita, Jun Ichi ^a   Kuninaka, Hiroto ^a   Matsuyama, Tohey ^b   Matsushita, Mitsugu ^a  

^a CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Niigata Women's College   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Bacterial cell size; Bacterial colony; Lognormal distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957063291     PISSN: 00319015     EISSN: 13474073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JPSJ.79.094002     Document Type: Article

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