Flow-induced symmetry breaking in growing bacterial biofilms
P. Pearce, B. Song, D. J. Skinner, R. Mok, R. Hartmann, P. K. Singh, H. Jeckel, J. S. Oishi, K. Drescher, J. Dunkel
This study investigates how fluid flow affects bacterial biofilm growth by combining live imaging and modeling, revealing three distinct growth phases and symmetry changes.
bioRxiv · Aug 15, 2019Biophysics