Did Maxwell Dream of Electrical Bacteria?
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چکیده
We propose a model for bacterial Quorum Sensing based on an auxiliary electrostatic-like interaction originating from fictitious electrical charge that represents bacteria activity. A cooperative mechanism charge/activity exchange is introduced to implement chemotaxis and replication. The system thus represented by means of complex resistor network where link resistances take into account the allowed activity-flow among individuals. By explicit spatial stochastic simulations, we show exhibits different quasi-realistic behaviors colony formation biofilm aggregation. signal associated with analyzed in space time provides useful information about dynamics. In particular, analyze transition between planktonic phases as intensity varied.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Biophysica
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2673-4125']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/biophysica2030026