The role of mechanical forces in the planar-to-bulk transition in growing Escherichia coli microcolonies

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 11, Issue 97, 2014, Pages

  Grant, Matthew A A ^a   Waclaw, Bartlomiej ^b   Allen, Rosalind J ^b   Cicuta, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial biofilm; Bacterial microcolony; Cell growth; Mechanics

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELL GROWTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MECHANICS;

BACTERIAL BIOFILM; BACTERIAL MICROCOLONY; INDIVIDUAL-BASED; MULTICELLULAR STRUCTURE; PHENOMENOLOGICAL THEORY; SURROUNDING MATRIX; THREE-DIMENSIONAL GROWTH; TWO-DIMENSIONAL GROWTH;

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING;

AGAROSE;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; CELL DENSITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRICTION; MECHANICAL FORCE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; SPECIES INVASION; YOUNG MODULUS; BACTERIAL LOAD; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SHEAR STRENGTH; VISCOSITY;

BACTERIAL LOAD; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRICTION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84903625225     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2014.0400     Document Type: Article

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