A growing bacterial colony in two dimensions as an active nematic
Rod-shaped bacteria are an example of active matter. Here the authors find that a growing bacterial colony harbours internal cellular flows affecting orientational ordering in its interior and at the boundary. Results suggest this system may belong to a new active matter universality class.
Main Authors: | D. Dell’Arciprete, M. L. Blow, A. T. Brown, F. D. C. Farrell, J. S. Lintuvuori, A. F. McVey, D. Marenduzzo, W. C. K. Poon |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2018-10-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06370-3 |
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