Bacterial Swarming Driven by Rod Shape

Swarming pattern formation of self-propelled entities is a prominent example of collective behavior in biology. Here we focus on bacterial swarming and show that the rod shape of self-propelled individuals is able to drive swarm formation without any kind of signaling.

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