Hydration dynamics promote bacterial coexistence on rough surfaces

ISME Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 395-404

  Wang, Gang ^a   Or, Dani ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

bacterial coexistence; diffusion; hydration dynamics; motility

Indexed keywords

WATER;

BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOREMEDIATION; COEXISTENCE; DIFFUSION; HYDRATION; LIFE HISTORY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOTILITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL REMEDIATION; SOIL SURFACE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL; SURFACE PROPERTY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BACTERIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84872927594     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2012.115     Document Type: Article

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