2 papers
q-bio.PE2016
Single variant bottleneck in the early dynamics of H. influenzae bacteremia in neonatal rats questions the theory of independent action
Xinxian Shao, Bruce R. Levin, Ilya Nemenman
There is an abundance of information about the genetic basis, physiological and molecular mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis. In contrast, relatively little is known about popula…
q-bio.PE2016
Growth of bacteria in 3-d colonies
Xinxian Shao, Andrew Mugler, Justin Kim +3
The dynamics of growth of bacterial populations has been extensively studied for planktonic cells in well-agitated liquid culture, in which all cells have equal access to nutrients…