Microbial mechanics: The growth and form of filamentary microorganisms

Michael Tabor

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199605835.003.0008

Microbial mechanics: The growth and form of filamentary microorganisms

Michael Tabor

Applied Mathematics

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This chapter reviews the basic principles of hyphal growth in filamentary bacteria and fungi. While geometric models can provide a simple route to finding idealized hyphal tip shapes, biomechanical models provide a realistic continuum description that can include information about the cell wall structure and the growth process itself. The use of the nonlinear elastic theory of shells combined with biomechanical growth mechanisms produce realistic hyphal shapes and reveal a self-similar pattern of tip propagation as well as a possible explanation of the so called normal growth hypothesis.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	New Trends in the Physics and Mechanics of Biological Systems
Subtitle of host publication	Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School: July 2009
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Volume	92
ISBN (Electronic)	9780191729522
ISBN (Print)	9780199605835
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199605835.003.0008
State	Published - Sep 22 2011

Keywords

Biomechanics
Geometric models
Hyphal growth
Nonlinear elasticity
Tip growth

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Physics and Astronomy

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Microbial mechanics: The growth and form of filamentary microorganisms

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