Common concepts for bacterial collectives.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
The expansion of bacterial swarms and the spreading of biofilms can be described by a unified biophysical theory that involves both active and passive processes.
Medical subject headings
- Bacterial Physiological Phenomena
- Biofilms
- Biophysical Phenomena