
@article {62760,
	title = {Self-Driven Phase Transitions Drive Myxococcus xanthus Fruiting Body Formation.},
	journal = {Phys Rev Lett},
	volume = {122},
	year = {2019},
	month = {2019 Jun 21},
	pages = {248102},
	abstract = {<p>Combining high-resolution single cell tracking experiments with numerical simulations, we show that starvation-induced fruiting body formation in Myxococcus xanthus is a phase separation driven by cells that tune their motility over time. The phase separation can be understood in terms of cell density and a dimensionless P{\'e}clet number that captures cell motility through speed and reversal frequency. Our work suggests that M. xanthus takes advantage of a self-driven nonequilibrium phase transition that can be controlled at the single cell level.</p>
},
	keywords = {Cell Movement, Myxococcus xanthus, Phase Transition},
	issn = {1079-7114},
	doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.248102},
	author = {Liu, Guannan and Patch, Adam and Bahar, Fatmag{\"u}l and Yllanes, David and Welch, Roy D and Marchetti, M Cristina and Thutupalli, Shashi and Shaevitz, Joshua W}
}
