Correlation between the spatial distribution and colony size was common for monogenetic bacteria in laboratory conditions

Abstract Background Geographically separated population growth of microbes is a common phenomenon in microbial ecology. Colonies are representative of the morphological characteristics of this structured population growth. Pattern formation by single colonies has been intensively studied, whereas th...

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Main Authors: Heng Xue, Masaomi Kurokawa, Bei-Wen Ying
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-04-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-021-02180-8