Bezzi M, Ciliberto A, Mengoni A
Dipartimento di Fisica dell', Università and Sezione I.N.F.N. di Bologna, Via Irnerio 46, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
J Biol Phys. 1999 Dec;25(4):279-88. doi: 10.1023/A:1005192817264.
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 the case of growth in minimal (low resources) and maximal (large resources) culture media.
我们提出了一个基于反应扩散方程的简单模型,以解释多细胞细菌(链霉菌)中的模式形成。我们假设资源竞争是导致模式形成的基本机制;特别是在最低(低资源)和最高(高资源)培养基中生长的情况下,我们能够重现由细菌气生菌丝形成的空间模式。