Spatiotemporal establishment of dense bacterial colonies growing on hard agar

The physical interactions of growing bacterial cells with each other and with their surroundings significantly affect the structure and dynamics of biofilms. Here a 3D agent-based model is formulated to describe the establishment of simple bacterial colonies expanding by the physical force of their...

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Main Authors: Mya R Warren, Hui Sun, Yue Yan, Jonas Cremer, Bo Li, Terence Hwa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2019-03-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/41093