Surface tension gradient control of bacterial swarming in colonies of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Soft Matter

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 70-76

  Fauvart, M ^a   Phillips, P ^a   Bachaspatimayum, D ^a   Verstraeten, N ^a   Fransaer, J ^a   Michiels, J ^a   Vermant, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL SYSTEMS; DOMINANT MECHANISM; HOST TISSUES; MACROSCOPIC PATTERN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; P.AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM-SENSING SYSTEMS; SURFACE ACTIVE COMPONENTS; SURFACE TENSION GRADIENT; SURFACE-TENSION-DRIVEN FLOW; WETTING CONDITIONS;

MODELS; SENSORS; SURFACE TENSION; TISSUE;

BACTERIA;

EID: 82555171661     PISSN: 1744683X     EISSN: 17446848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c1sm06002c     Document Type: Article

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