Genome-scale stoichiometric modeling of metabolism has become a standard systems
biology tool for modeling cellular physiology and growth. Extensions of this approach are …

In nature, microorganisms must often cope with hostile environmental conditions. To do so
they have developed sophisticated cooperative behaviour and intricate communication …

It is well known from experiments that bacterial species Bacillus subtilis exhibit various
colony patterns. These are essentially classified into five types in the morphological …

DNA acquisition promotes the spread of resistance to antibiotics and virulence among
bacteria. It is also linked to several natural phenomena including recombination, genome …

The emergent spatial patterns generated by growing bacterial colonies have been the focus
of intense study in physics during the last twenty years. Both experimental and theoretical …

Biological entities such as fungi in stored grain evolve and interact with the environment in
similar fashions as physical fields. An experiment was conducted to study the behavior of the …

This paper explores a new application of the constructal theory, namely in describing and
predicting the formation of dissimilar patterns inside elements of the same species under …

Various bacterial strains exhibit colonial branching patterns during growth on thin poor
substrates. The growth can be either diffusion‐limited or kinetic‐limited, according to the …

Bacteria have developed sophisticated modes of cooperative behavior to cope with
unfavorable environmental conditions. Here we report the effect of antibiotic stress on the …

Background We have recently shown that undomesticated strains of Bacillus subtilis can
extensively colonize the surfaces of rich, semi-solid media, by a flagellum-independent …