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Local polar order controls mechanical stress and triggers layer formation in developing Myxococcus xanthus colonies
Endao Han, Chenyi Fei, Ricard Alert +4
Colonies of the social bacterium Myxococcus xanthus go through a morphological transition from a thin colony of cells to three-dimensional droplet-like fruiting bodies as a strateg…
Topological defects promote layer formation in Myxococcus xanthus colonies
Katherine Copenhagen, Ricard Alert, Ned S. Wingreen +1
The soil bacterium Myxococcus xanthus lives in densely packed groups that form dynamic three-dimensional patterns in response to environmental changes, such as droplet-like fruitin…
Frustration induced phases in migrating cell clusters
Katherine Copenhagen, Gema Malet-Engra, Weimiao Yu +3
Collective motion of cells is common in many physiological processes, including tissue development, repair, and tumor formation. Recent experiments have shown that certain malignan…
Active matter clusters at interfaces
Katherine Copenhagen, Ajay Gopinathan
Collective and directed motility or swarming is an emergent phenomenon displayed by many self-organized assemblies of active biological matter such as clusters of embryonic cells d…