Bacterial Stigmergy: An Organising Principle of Multicellular Collective Behaviours of Bacteria
Joint Authors
Gloag, Erin S.
Turnbull, Lynne
Whitchurch, Cynthia B.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-01-08
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The self-organisation of collective behaviours often manifests as dramatic patterns of emergent large-scale order.
This is true for relatively “simple” entities such as microbial communities and robot “swarms,” through to more complex self-organised systems such as those displayed by social insects, migrating herds, and many human activities.
The principle of stigmergy describes those self-organised phenomena that emerge as a consequence of indirect communication between individuals of the group through the generation of persistent cues in the environment.
Interestingly, despite numerous examples of multicellular behaviours of bacteria, the principle of stigmergy has yet to become an accepted theoretical framework that describes how bacterial collectives self-organise.
Here we review some examples of multicellular bacterial behaviours in the context of stigmergy with the aim of bringing this powerful and elegant self-organisation principle to the attention of the microbial research community.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Gloag, Erin S.& Turnbull, Lynne& Whitchurch, Cynthia B.. 2015. Bacterial Stigmergy: An Organising Principle of Multicellular Collective Behaviours of Bacteria. Scientifica،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1076446
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Gloag, Erin S.…[et al.]. Bacterial Stigmergy: An Organising Principle of Multicellular Collective Behaviours of Bacteria. Scientifica No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1076446
American Medical Association (AMA)
Gloag, Erin S.& Turnbull, Lynne& Whitchurch, Cynthia B.. Bacterial Stigmergy: An Organising Principle of Multicellular Collective Behaviours of Bacteria. Scientifica. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1076446
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1076446