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Differential active adhesion and a capillary instability drive global eversion and dissemination of bacterial colonies

2026-01-15

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Attractive forces between cells determine the shape and sorting behaviour of bacterial colonies. During colony development, chemical gradients form within the colony but it is unclear how they affect cohesion. Here, we discover that such gradients trigger global eversion of proliferating colonies formed by the human pathogen Neisseria gonorrhoeae . Like a jet, the inner core flows towards the periphery where it i...

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Literature Corpus work: e80afae5-e918-5ad4-9dc0-973e3aeed4e8
DOI: 10.64898/2026.01.15.699682

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