Biomechanical models of hyphal growth in actinomycetes

Alain Goriely; Michael Tabor

doi:10.1016/S0022-5193(03)00029-8

Biomechanical models of hyphal growth in actinomycetes

Alain Goriely, Michael Tabor

Applied Mathematics

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Abstract

The tip growth of filamentary actinomycetes is investigated within the framework of large deformation membrane theory in which the cell wall is represented as a growing elastic membrane with geometry-dependent elastic properties. The model exhibits realistic hyphal shapes and indicates a self-similar tip growth mechanism consistent with that observed in experiments. It also demonstrates a simple mechanism for hyphal swelling and beading that is observed in the presence of a lysing agent.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	211-218
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Theoretical Biology
Volume	222
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-5193(03)00029-8
State	Published - May 21 2003

Keywords

Bio-elasticity
Filamentary micro-organisms
Large deformation theory
Tip growth

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Statistics and Probability
Modeling and Simulation
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
General Immunology and Microbiology
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Applied Mathematics

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