2 papers
physics.bio-ph2019
Spiral wave propagation in communities with spatially correlated heterogeneity
Xiaoling Zhai, Joseph W. Larkin, Gürol M. Süel +1
Many multicellular communities propagate signals in a directed manner via excitable waves. Cell-to-cell heterogeneity is a ubiquitous feature of multicellular communities, but the…
physics.bio-ph2019
Statistics of correlated percolation in a bacterial community
Xiaoling Zhai, Joseph W. Larkin, Kaito Kikuchi +3
Signal propagation over long distances is a ubiquitous feature of multicellular communities. In biofilms of the bacterium Bacillus subtilis, we recently discovered that some, but n…