3 papers
physics.bio-ph2026
The Allee Effect in Compressible Flows
Jonathan Bauermann, Roberto Benzi, David R. Nelson +1
Microbes in marine environments are often confined to thin near-surface layers while being advected by turbulent flows. Because such constrained advection generates an effectively…
physics.bio-ph2025
Genetic interfaces at the frontier of expanding microbial colonies
Jonathan Bauermann, David R. Nelson
We study the genetic interfaces between two species of an expanding colony that consists of individual microorganisms that reproduce and undergo diffusion, both at the frontier and…
q-bio.PE2024
Turbulent mixing controls fixation of growing antagonistic populations
Jonathan Bauermann, Roberto Benzi, David R. Nelson +2
Unlike coffee and cream that homogenize when stirred, growing micro-organisms (e.g., bacteria, baker's yeast) can actively kill each other and avoid mixing. How do such antagonisti…