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SUBMITTER: Srinivasan S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6491038 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Srinivasan Siddarth S Kaplan C Nadir CN Mahadevan L L
eLife 20190430
Bacterial swarming and biofilm formation are collective multicellular phenomena through which diverse microbial species colonize and spread over water-permeable tissue. During both modes of surface translocation, fluid uptake and transport play a key role in shaping the overall morphology and spreading dynamics. Here we develop a generalized two-phase thin-film model that couples bacterial growth, extracellular matrix swelling, fluid flow, and nutrient transport to describe the expansion of both ...[more]