Emergent collective alignment gives competitive advantage to longer cells during range expansion
N. van den Berg, K. Thijssen, T. T. Nguyen, M. Cordero, A. G. Vazquez, N. Mitarai, A. Doostmohammadi, L. Jauffred
The paper shows longer bacterial cells gain a competitive advantage during range expansion through collective alignment, blocking shorter cells from resources.
bioRxiv · Jan 26, 2024Biophysics