Pattern formation by competition: a biological example

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1999-09-07

arxiv.org/abs/physics/9909012v1

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Biological Physics

10 pages, 6 figures (Postscript), to appear in Journal of biological Physics

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We present a simple model based on a reaction-diffusion equation to explain pattern formation in a multicellular bacterium (Streptomyces). We assume competition for resources as the basic mechanism that leads to pattern formation; in particular we are able to reproduce the spatial pattern formed by bacterial aerial mycelium in case of growth in minimal (low resources) and maximal (large resources) culture media.

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