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ArticleScientific reports2020

Collective Dynamics of Model Pili-Based Twitcher-Mode Bacilliforms.

Andrew M Nagel, Michael Greenberg, Tyler N Shendruk, Hendrick W de Haan

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Andrew M NagelUniversity of Ontario Institute of Technology, Faculty of Science, 2000 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa, Ontario, L1H 7K4, Canada.
Michael GreenbergUniversity of Ontario Institute of Technology, Faculty of Science, 2000 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa, Ontario, L1H 7K4, Canada.
Tyler N ShendrukInterdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Department of Mathematical Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK. t.n.shendruk@lboro.ac.uk.
Hendrick W de HaanUniversity of Ontario Institute of Technology, Faculty of Science, 2000 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa, Ontario, L1H 7K4, Canada. hendrick.dehaan@uoit.ca.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pseudomonas aeruginosa, like many bacilliforms, are not limited only to swimming motility but rather possess many motility strategies. In particular, twitching-mode motility employs hair-like pili to transverse moist surfaces with a jittery irregular crawl. Twitching motility plays a critical role in redistributing cells on surfaces prior to and during colony formation. We combine molecular dynamics and rule-based simulations to study twitching-mode motility of model bacilliforms and show that there is a critical surface coverage fraction at which collective effects arise. Our simulations demonstrate dynamic clustering of twitcher-type bacteria with polydomains of local alignment that exhibit spontaneous correlated motions, similar to rafts in many bacterial communities.

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MovementAlgorithmsBacterial ProteinsBiofilmsFimbriae, BacterialFimbriae ProteinsMolecular Dynamics SimulationNormal DistributionPseudomonas aeruginosaBacterial ProteinsFimbriae Proteins

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PMID32612117
PMCPMC7330051

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