Biofilm stripe patterns (IMAGE)
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UC San Diego researchers found that Bacillus subtilis, a bacterium found in soil, creates concentric rings reminiscent of developmental “stripes” created by a segmentation clock. The researchers discovered that bacterial biofilms use a clock-and-wavefront process for cell patterning similar to plants and animals.
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Kwang-Tao Chou.
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