| Autor: |
Liu, Guannan, Patch, Adam, Bahar, Fatmagul, Yllanes, David, Welch, Roy D., Marchetti, M. Cristina, Thutupalli, Shashi, Shaevitz, Joshua W. |
| Rok vydání: |
2017 |
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| Zdroj: |
Phys. Rev. Lett. 122 (2019), 248102 |
| Druh dokumentu: |
Working Paper |
| DOI: |
10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.248102 |
| Popis: |
Combining high-resolution single cell tracking experiments with numerical simulations, we show that starvation-induced fruiting body (FB) formation in Myxococcus xanthus is a phase separation driven by cells that tune their motility over time. The phase separation can be understood in terms of cell density and a dimensionless Peclet number that captures cell motility through speed and reversal frequency. Our work suggests that M. xanthus take advantage of a self-driven non-equilibrium phase transition that can be controlled at the single cell level. |
| Databáze: |
arXiv |
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