However, as a bacterial colony develops, “growing pains” are inevitable, as proliferating cells must balance growth rates with the stress of overcrowding and nutrient resource limitations. Other ...

The scanning electron microscope image shows a colony of bacteria (coloured bluish) around a few micrometres small root (brown) in the soil. The image represents how bacteria and microbial ...

Indeed, Schwartzman had previously observed that V. splendidus clump up when suspended in liquid media, but the colonies that the bacteria formed this time around were much neater and more organized ...

In contrast, the aggregation observed in bacterial colony happens in absence of any inertia, and bacteria can move in any ...

a field that seeks to shed light on the governing mechanisms behind self-propelled systems ranging from bacterial colonies to bird flocks and fish schools. Future studies will focus on ...