id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt 6w924b31913 Yilin Wu Behavioral Principles of Swarming Bacteria 2010 .txt text/plain 182 7 33 Bacteria that can swarm behave similarly in many ways, indicating that swarming is governed by some general behavioral principles of bacterial cells. Using a cell-based biomechanical modeling approach and taking Myxobacteria as the model system, we have found that (1) social interactions between bacterial cells, (2) directional reversal and (3) cell elongation all constitute the general behavioral principles that govern swarming. cache/6w924b31913.txt txt/6w924b31913.txt