Flow-Induced Symmetry Breaking in Growing Bacterial Biofilms

© 2019 American Physical Society. Bacterial biofilms represent a major form of microbial life on Earth and serve as a model active nematic system, in which activity results from growth of the rod-shaped bacterial cells. In their natural environments, ranging from human organs to industrial pipelines...

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Main Authors: Pearce, Philip, Song, Boya, Skinner, Dominic J, Mok, Rachel, Hartmann, Raimo, Singh, Praveen K, Jeckel, Hannah, Oishi, Jeffrey S, Drescher, Knut, Dunkel, Jörn
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society (APS) 2021
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/136589