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The gliding myxobacteria show complex phenomena of swarm building and aggregation to fruiting bodies. This article presents a one dimensional model, relevant for the behavior in ‘streets’ of swarms. The stationary state is analytically discussed and simulated. It results in a criterion for the facility of swarm building. A sketch of a two dimensional formulation is presented in Box 15 (Pfistner/Alt).
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Pfistner, B. (1990). A One Dimensional Model for the Swarming Behavior of Myxobacteria. In: Alt, W., Hoffmann, G. (eds) Biological Motion. Lecture Notes in Biomathematics, vol 89. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-51664-1_37
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