Benisty, SivanBen-Jacob, EshelAriel, GilBe’er, Avraham2017-05-222017-05-222015Benisty, Sivan, Ben-Jacob, Eshel, Ariel, Gil, et al.. "Antibiotic-Induced Anomalous Statistics of Collective Bacterial Swarming." <i>Physical Review Letters,</i> 114, no. 1 (2015) American Physical Society: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.018105.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/94324Under sublethal antibiotics concentrations, the statistics of collectively swarmingﾠBacillus subtilisﾠtransitions from normal to anomalous, with a heavy-tailed speed distribution and a two-step temporal correlation of velocities. The transition is due to changes in the properties of the bacterial motion and the formation of a motility-defective subpopulation that self-segregates into regions. As a result, both the colonial expansion and the growth rate are not affected by antibiotics. This phenomenon suggests a new strategy bacteria employ to fight antibiotic stress.engArticle is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use.Journal articlehttps://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.018105