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A statistical physics view of swarming bacteria
Bacterial swarming is a collective mode of motion in which cells migrate rapidly over surfaces, forming dynamic patterns of whirls and jets. This review presents a physical point of view of swarming bacteria, with an emphasis on the statistical properties of the swarm dynamics as observed in experim...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6419441/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30923619 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40462-019-0153-9 |
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author | Be’er, Avraham Ariel, Gil |
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description | Bacterial swarming is a collective mode of motion in which cells migrate rapidly over surfaces, forming dynamic patterns of whirls and jets. This review presents a physical point of view of swarming bacteria, with an emphasis on the statistical properties of the swarm dynamics as observed in experiments. The basic physical principles underlying the swarm and their relation to contemporary theories of collective motion and active matter are reviewed and discussed in the context of the biological properties of swarming cells. We suggest a paradigm according to which bacteria have optimized some of their physical properties as a strategy for rapid surface translocation. In other words, cells take advantage of favorable physics, enabling efficient expansion that enhances survival under harsh conditions. |
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spelling | pubmed-64194412019-03-28 A statistical physics view of swarming bacteria Be’er, Avraham Ariel, Gil Mov Ecol Review Bacterial swarming is a collective mode of motion in which cells migrate rapidly over surfaces, forming dynamic patterns of whirls and jets. This review presents a physical point of view of swarming bacteria, with an emphasis on the statistical properties of the swarm dynamics as observed in experiments. The basic physical principles underlying the swarm and their relation to contemporary theories of collective motion and active matter are reviewed and discussed in the context of the biological properties of swarming cells. We suggest a paradigm according to which bacteria have optimized some of their physical properties as a strategy for rapid surface translocation. In other words, cells take advantage of favorable physics, enabling efficient expansion that enhances survival under harsh conditions. BioMed Central 2019-03-15 /pmc/articles/PMC6419441/ /pubmed/30923619 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40462-019-0153-9 Text en © The Author(s). 2019 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Review Be’er, Avraham Ariel, Gil A statistical physics view of swarming bacteria |
title | A statistical physics view of swarming bacteria |
title_full | A statistical physics view of swarming bacteria |
title_fullStr | A statistical physics view of swarming bacteria |
title_full_unstemmed | A statistical physics view of swarming bacteria |
title_short | A statistical physics view of swarming bacteria |
title_sort | statistical physics view of swarming bacteria |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6419441/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30923619 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40462-019-0153-9 |
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