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Orientation field model for chiral branching growth of bacterial colonies
Inon Cohen, Eshel Ben-Jacob
We present a new reaction-diffusion model for chiral branching growth of colonies of the bacteria Paenibacillus dendritiformis. In our model the bacteria are represented by a densi…
Conformation changes and folding of proteins mediated by Davidov's soliton
Shay Caspi, Eshel Ben-Jacob
We suggest that Davidov's solitons, propagating through the backbone of a protein, can mediate conformational transition and folding of a protein to its native state. A simple toy…
Entropy Revisited: the Plausible Role of Gravitation
Eshel Ben-Jacob, Ziv Hermon, Alexsander Shnirman
We first present open questions related to the foundations of thermodynamics and statistical physics. We then argue that in principle one can not have "closed systems", and that a…
Modeling branching and chiral colonial patterning of lubricating bacteria
Eshel Ben-Jacob, Inon Cohen, Ido Golding +1
In nature, microorganisms must often cope with hostile environmental conditions. To do so they have developed sophisticated cooperative behavior and intricate communication capabil…
Spatio-selection in Expanding Bacterial Colonies
Ido Golding, Inon Cohen, Eshel Ben-Jacob
Segregation of populations is a key question in evolution theory. One important aspect is the relation between spatial organization and the population's composition. Here we study…
Lubricating Bacteria Model for Branching growth of Bacterial Colonies
Yonathan Kozlovsky, Inon Cohen, Ido Golding +1
Various bacterial strains (e.g. strains belonging to the genera Bacillus, Paenibacillus, Serratia and Salmonella) exhibit colonial branching patterns during growth on poor semi-sol…