Abstract:
:The expansion of bacterial swarms and the spreading of biofilms can be described by a unified biophysical theory that involves both active and passive processes.
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Elifejournal_title
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Jeckel H,Matthey N,Drescher Kdoi
10.7554/eLife.47019subject
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2019-04-30 00:00:00issn
2050-084Xpii
47019journal_volume
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