A growing bacterial colony in two dimensions as an active nematic

D. Dell’Arciprete; M. L. Blow; A. T. Brown; F. D. C. Farrell; J. S. Lintuvuori; A. F. McVey; D. Marenduzzo; W. C. K. Poon

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-06370-3

Nature Communications (Oct 2018)

A growing bacterial colony in two dimensions as an active nematic

D. Dell’Arciprete,
M. L. Blow,
A. T. Brown,
F. D. C. Farrell,
J. S. Lintuvuori,
A. F. McVey,
D. Marenduzzo,
W. C. K. Poon

Affiliations

D. Dell’Arciprete: SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh, James Clerk Maxwell Building
M. L. Blow: SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh, James Clerk Maxwell Building
A. T. Brown: SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh, James Clerk Maxwell Building
F. D. C. Farrell: SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh, James Clerk Maxwell Building
J. S. Lintuvuori: Université Bordeaux, CNRS, LOMA, UMR 5798
A. F. McVey: SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh, James Clerk Maxwell Building
D. Marenduzzo: SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh, James Clerk Maxwell Building
W. C. K. Poon: SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh, James Clerk Maxwell Building

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06370-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Rod-shaped bacteria are an example of active matter. Here the authors find that a growing bacterial colony harbours internal cellular flows affecting orientational ordering in its interior and at the boundary. Results suggest this system may belong to a new active matter universality class.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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