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A bacterial colony is not self-similar

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  • Ruzicka, Marek C.
  • Fridrich, Mirek
  • Burkhard, Martin

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The geometry of complex bacterial colonies has been studied. Different values of the exponent in scaling law have been recorded on different length scales. Thus a colony is not a self-similar object and has a multiple fractal structure.

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  • Ruzicka, Marek C. & Fridrich, Mirek & Burkhard, Martin, 1995. "A bacterial colony is not self-similar," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 216(4), pages 382-385.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:216:y:1995:i:4:p:382-385
    DOI: 10.1016/0378-4371(95)00050-H
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    1. Matsushita, Mitsugu & Fujikawa, Hiroshi, 1990. "Diffusion-limited growth in bacterial colony formation," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 168(1), pages 498-506.
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