Bacterial Colonies
Growth
A
reaction-diffusion model is used to reproduce
the different morphologies exhibed by Bacillus
Subtilis bacterial colonies.
Some movies are available here in quick
time format:
- A: Diffusion Limited Aggregation
like pattern
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B: Eden-like pattern
C: Concentrinc Ring Pattern
D: Homogeneous Disk
E: Dense Branching Morphology
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More
details about the model:
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Modelling
of spatio-temporal patterns in bacterial
colonies, PRE 59, 7036 (1999): PS
file, PDF file
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