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Studies of Bacterial Cooperative Organization

In: Traffic and Granular Flow ’99

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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)

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]

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  • I. Golding & I. Cohen & E. Ben-Jacob, 2000. "Studies of Bacterial Cooperative Organization," Springer Books, in: Dirk Helbing & Hans J. Herrmann & Michael Schreckenberg & Dietrich E. Wolf (ed.), Traffic and Granular Flow ’99, pages 135-145, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-642-59751-0_13
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-59751-0_13
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