Studies of Bacterial Cooperative Organization

I. Golding, I. Cohen and E. Ben-Jacob
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I. Golding: Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, School of Physics and Astronomy
I. Cohen: Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, School of Physics and Astronomy
E. Ben-Jacob: Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, School of Physics and Astronomy

A chapter in Traffic and Granular Flow ’99, 2000, pp 135-145 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract During the course of evolution, bacteria have developed sophisticated cooperative behavior and intricate communication capabilities [1-3]. Utilizing these capabilities, bacterial colonies develop complex spatio-temporal patterns in response to adverse growth conditions. It is now understood that the study of cooperative self-organization of bacterial colonies is an exciting new multidisciplinary field of research, necessitating the merger of biological information with the physics of non-equilibrium processes and the mathematics of non-linear dynamics. At this stage, several experimental systems have been identified, and preliminary modeling efforts are making significant progress in providing a framework for the understanding of experimental observations [4-12]. This endeavour is not limited to bacteria alone. Studies have been performed of other types of microorganisms as well, such as amoeba [13] and yeast [14]

Keywords: Agar Concentration; Bacterial Coloni; Sector Formation; Concentric Ring; Chemical Field (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-59751-0_13

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